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15/3/2002

Two exhibitions

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York

Robert Yoder:
New Works

March 16 April 20, 2002

Charles Cowles Gallery is pleased to present our first exhibition of works by ROBERT YODER. His compositions hint at aerial views of utopian landscapes without specificity of location. YODER deconstructs scavenged street signs and remakes them as abstract assemblages. Reference materials like atlases and topographical maps inspire his works visually but also inform his choice of titles. He gleans small-town names from frequent perusal of these resources to give his works a sense of place.

Reflective paint shimmers with a metallic sheen when light hits the surfaces of the works. Graphically stunning from a distance, YODER puzzles the letters and symbols on the signs together but rarely leaves them legible. The use of multiple signs in each work adds variety in depth and color. The grain of the wood asserts itself through the slick laminate adding a subtle texture to the entire surface. The abuses of road wear record an intriguing archaeology from the signs previous incarnation. Ravaged by exposure, these signs, recently the detritus of municipal governments, are now revered as art objects.

Born in Virginia, YODER currently lives and works in Seattle. This exhibition is his first solo show in New York. YODERs work is included in distinguished collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, and the Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA.

For further information or photographs, please contact the gallery.

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Xiaoze Xie:
New Paintings

March 16 April 20, 2002

The Silent Flow of Daily Life continues in Charles Cowles Gallerys exhibition of Xiaoze XIEs new paintings. A primary theme in XIEs oeuvre is history; he takes both specific events and their record in books and newspapers as his subjects. Sensuously painted stacks of newspapers are immortalized during their fleeting tenure on library shelves. These ubiquitous objects are the messengers for critical regional and world news, but are also daily made obsolete by their successors.

Beautifully painted, Xiaoze XIEs works are based on the photographs he takes in libraries. Ranging from crisply clear piles of papers with legible headlines to abstract close-ups of bookbindings, he renders printed matter with an exquisite compositional sense. His palette ranges from warm to cool, but is far from the over-bright fluorescent lighting found in most academic reading rooms.

Born in P.R. China, XIAOZE XIE received his MFA from University of North Texas, Denton, TX, in 1996. This exhibition is his first solo show in New York. XIEs work is included in distinguished public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ. XIE currently teaches at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.

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Hours are 10am to 6pm, Tuesday through Saturday.

For further information or photographs, please contact the gallery.

Image: a work by Robert Yoder

Charles Cowles Gallery,
537 West 24th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues in Chelsea.

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