Lisa Hoke
dal 7/2/2002 al 9/3/2002
Segnalato da
7/2/2002
Lisa Hoke
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
The Elizabeth Harris Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Lisa Hoke. Lisa Hoke is drawn to materials she refers to as "second class citizens." She creates her sculptures out of the mundane and commercial, everything from spools of thread to drinking straws. "The readymade quality is a necessary condition to step off of, to react to, it gives me something to push against." Particularly striking is her extraordinary use of color, the color indigenous to the materials.
The Elizabeth Harris Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by
Lisa Hoke.
Lisa Hoke is drawn to materials she refers to as "second class citizens." She
creates her sculptures out of the mundane and commercial, everything from spools of thread to drinking straws.
"The readymade quality is a necessary condition to step off of, to react to, it gives me something to push
against." Particularly striking is her extraordinary use of color, the color indigenous to the materials. Hoke's new
pieces, created for this show, include a floor installation of folded letter paper, reliefs of curled paper, and a wall
installation of wine glasses, mirrors, and rubber bands. In a recent article Stuart Horodner wrote "Hoke challenges
notions of mastery, permanence and fixed meaning. Critics have discussed her work in terms of feminism,
formalism, and surrealism, but her often unwieldy assemblages and installations pack a hard-to-define emotional punch.
Hanging from the ceiling, or ricocheting around the architecture of a room, the pieces address withdrawal,
contingency, saturation, unreliability."
Lisa Hoke has been exhibiting since 1984, and has shown at the Aldrich Museum
of Contemporary Art, the Corcoran Gallery, the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Serpentine
Gallery in London. Her work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Orleans Museum of
Art, and the Orlando Museum of Art.
The Elizabeth Harris Gallery opened in 1992 and specializes in Contemporary
painting and sculpture.
The Gallery is located at 529 West 20th Street, 6th floor, and is open Tuesday
through Saturday 10-6.
There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, February 7, from 6-8.
Image: Lisa Hoke, Light My Fire 2000, Mixed Media
For further information please contact Bill Carroll
Elizabeth Harris Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 6B, NY 10011, New York
Tel : (212) 463-9666
Fax: (212) 463-9403