A two-person exhibition
dal 5/4/2002 al 24/5/2002
Segnalato da
5/4/2002
A two-person exhibition
D Amelio Terras, New York
D'Amelio Terras is pleased to present a two-person exhibition with Polly Apfelbaum and Beatriz Milhazes. Each artist will present one large-scale work at the gallery. Both artists' work is several steps removed from, but does not reject, the practice of painting.
D'Amelio Terras is pleased to present a two-person exhibition with Polly
Apfelbaum and Beatriz Milhazes. Each artist will present one large-scale
work at the gallery.
Both artists' work is several steps removed from, but does not reject, the
practice of painting. Milhazes applies acrylic paint to plastic surfaces,
allowing it to dry before removing the acrylic forms and gluing them onto
canvas. Apfelbaum cuts and dyes individual pieces of velvet and eschews the
canvas in favor of arranging the shapes on the floor. Both techniques allow
for a period of contemplation  compositional forms in hand  and the
resultant work of both artists is often complex.
Beatriz Milhazes lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her paintings
merge representational and abstract imagery, dazzling color, and a sense of
depth derived in part from her unique process. Evoking a wide array of
references, critics have found flora, fauna, mandalas, carnival decorations,
jewelry, lace and the human body in her compositions.
Polly Apfelbaum lives and works in New York City. She considers her
two-dimensional sculptures as 'fallen paintings,' and the meticulously
arranged pieces of fabric occupy an ambiguous space between the two genres.
The work is at once rigorously structural and unabashedly emotional.
Polly Apfelbaum will be exhibiting concurrently at the Skulpturens Hus in
Stockholm, Sweden, the Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio, and
at Karyn Lovegrove Gallery in Los Angeles. The Institute of Contemporary
Art in Philadelphia will present a one-person exhibition during Spring 2003.
Beatriz Milhazes has recently been presented in one-person exhibitions at
the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, AL, and Ikon Gallery,
Birmingham, England and in 'Urgent Painting,' a group exhibition at the
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. This autumn, a traveling
one-person exhibition will debut at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio
de Janeiro and an artist's book will be published by the Museum of Modern
Art, New York.
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6, 2002, 6-8 pm
Further information about the exhibition and about Polly Apfelbaum can be
found on our website.
D'Amelio Terras represents the work of Polly Apfelbaum, Erica Baum, Delia
Brown, Tony Feher, Joanne Greenbaum, Glenn Ligon, John Morris, Rei Naito,
Rika Noguchi, Damián Ortega, Miguel Rio Branco, Karin Sander, Joe Scanlan,
and Yoshihiro Suda.
D'Amelio Terras
525 W. 22nd St.
New York, NY 10011
Tel: (212) 352-9460
Fax: (212) 352-9464