Substatic
dal 11/1/2002 al 3/3/2002
Segnalato da
11/1/2002
Substatic
Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Thomas Erben Gallery is very pleased to announce a group exhibition with works by three emerging artists: BERNHARD FUCHS - SARAH EMERSON - JEFF GRANT.
BERNHARD FUCHS - SARAH EMERSON - JEFF GRANT
Thomas Erben Gallery is very pleased to announce a group exhibition
with works by three emerging artists: two young Americans who
recently obtained their MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in
London, and an Austrian photographer who studied with the Bechers in
Duesseldorf. Static refers to a state of immobility of masses or
forces; as an active agent, it can be described as a type of
interference or noise generated by television or radio discharges.
Substatic describes states of activity which are veiled, and thus not
immediately apparent, but nevertheless do exist.
Sarah Emerson's images of dead bucks are rendered with flat surfaces
of muted colors, not unlike the patterning of camouflage. The
figurative nature of the images is countered by a kind of pop
abstraction, entertaining a discourse with work of artists as varied
as Warhol, Hume, Wesley, and Kilimnick. Emerson's bucks have become
bitter-sweetly adorned trophies of the once living animals,
indicating an awareness of mortality manifested through a language
informed by recent painterly discourse. A BFA graduate from the
Atlanta College of Art, she obtained her MA in Fine Art from
Goldsmiths College in London.
Photographs of isolated cars in back-wood parking lots comprise
Bernhard Fuchs's most recent body of work. The detailed attention
paid to these automobiles is similar to that of his earlier portrait
series for which he became most known. Similar to the subjects of
his portraits the automobiles are allowed an integrity through his
respectful approach to addressing their identity. Shown recently at
the Folkwang Museum, Essen, his work has also been included in How
you look at it at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover and The Staedel in
Frankfurt, all in Germany.
Jeff Grant's installation of yarn wrapped branches suspended amidst
the rafters is hoisted to the ceiling by a system of black yarn
cables stretched tight and anchored to the floor. A combination of
bedroom construction, haunted house fantasy, and a knitting circle,
Rig falls somewhere between a habidaciary spill and a horror film
set, with the intervention of mechanisms that would only be made in
the bedroom of an adolescent. After his BFA at the Rhode Island
School of Design, Grant recently completed his MA in Fine Art at
London's Goldsmiths College.
Substatic, a blanket term, loosely applies to the works of these
artists, works that question notions of immobility and stasis while
indicating the presence of activity under the appearance of death,
stillness, and the perception of form.
For more information and visuals, please visit us at
www.thomaserben.com or contact the gallery at 212-645.8701
Gallery hours: 10 - 6, Tuesday - Saturday
THOMAS ERBEN GALLERY
516 West 20th Street NEW YORK NY 10011
Ph: 212-645.8701
Fx: 212-645.9630