10/5/2000
Joanne Yanoff: (in)vulnerable
Nikolai Fine Art, New York
Nikolai Fine Art is pleased to announce the opening of (in)vulnerable, a
new installation-based work by Santa Fe artist, Joanne Yanoff.
(in)vulnerable, the artist's first one-person exhibition in New York City,
will be on view May 11 through June 10, 2000.
Joanne Yanoff's new series expands on themes of the body and
wounds that the artist began investigating via her paintings of the mid
1990s. In her new solo exhibition, photo-based images and sculpture
cohere in an installation that investigates the vulnerability of the body
and mind.
Life-size black-and-white photographs portray parts of the artist's body
bound in protective devices such as upper body pads and boxing
gloves. The protective devices are formed with leather, feathers, and
salt, a substance that both corrodes and preserves. The photographs
are manipulated by scraping away at the surface and using paint,
bleach, salt, and oil so as to add not only texture, but also a sense of
fragility and deterioration.
Upon entering the gallery, one's movements through the space are
dictated by the installation. Sixteen life-size hollow, punching bags
encrusted with salt hang ethereally from rusty chains. The surfaces,
marked with slits, holes, dents, and bruises, suggest both strength
and vulnerability. Each element of Yanoff's provocative work, whether
sculptural or photo-based, explores the tension between protection and
danger.
For more information, please contact the gallery at 212-414-8511 fax
212-414-2761
Opening: Thursday, May 11, 6-9 PM
Nikolai Fine Art, 505 West 22nd Street New York 10011
Tel: (212)414-8511 Fax: (212)414-2763