Bonnie Collura and Stan Narten
dal 18/6/2008 al 31/7/2008
Segnalato da
18/6/2008
Bonnie Collura and Stan Narten
Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York
A two-person exhibition. Sculptor Bonnie Collura and painter Stan Narten toy with the distinction between figuration and abstraction. They both strongly reference film as a starting point, yet the results yield a physical presence unique to the style and media each works in.
The Kravets/Wehby Gallery is pleased to announce a two-person
exhibition of Bonnie Collura and Stan Narten opening on Thursday, June
19 with a reception for the artists from 6-8 pm and running through
August 1, 2008.
Sculptor Bonnie Collura and painter Stan Narten toy with the
distinction between figuration and abstraction. Both Collura and
Narten strongly reference film as a starting point, yet the results
yield a physical presence unique to the style and media each works in.
Bonnie Collura constructs grand sculpture with meticulous whirls of
limbs and movement. The surfaces are obsessively worked to a
luxurious range of smooth and textured finish. Taken in from afar,
the work is a jumble of energetic abstraction. Figures take form, yet
an elusive quality pervades. Stan Narten precisely manipulates stills
from television and film yielding carefully ordered abstractions.
Narten often adds additional dimensions or layers that break the
picture plane by creating subtle visual anomalies.
Bonnie Collura received her MFA in sculpture from Yale University.
She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout New York,
France and Germany. In 2005, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
Award for sculpture.
Stan Narten received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts this
spring.
Opening reception: Thursday, June 19, 6-8pm
Kravets/Wehby Gallery
521 West 21st Street - New York
Hours: Tuesday – Friday 11-6 pm
Free admission