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19/6/2002

I-Beam

Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York

You are invited to attend the opening reception of I-BEAM, a ten artist exhibition of painting & sculpture.

...In one sense, this exhibition is a vehicle for examining meanings inherent in the impulse toward structure. The I-beam, in this case, can be seen as a metaphor for the fixed stability desired from something slippery and perpetually elusive...

Diana Cooper
Jay Davis
James Hyde
Karl Jensen
Mark Keffer
Dan Kopp
Graham Parks
Sam Prekop
Ruth Root
Sally Tittmann

organized by Mark Keffer

Cynthia Broan Gallery is pleased to announce I-BEAM, a ten-person exhibition of painting and sculpture.

There are two primary elements that unite the work in this exhibition. The first is a formal issue. It is a strong presence of a structural component not unlike the I-beams that create the internal structures of buildings. The second is an open-ended handling of the meaning, generally through imagery that toys with representation and reflects the unspecifiable nature of thinking. The I-beam, in this case, can be seen as a metaphor for the fixed stability desired from something slippery and perpetually elusive.

In one sense, this exhibition is a vehicle for examining meanings inherent in the impulse toward structure. These meanings frequently center around the desire to order and control our world (or to address a breakdown in order or lack of control). This predilection for ordering in art can be witnessed at least as far back as the advent of linear perspective in the renaissance and, at its zenith, with the grid of twentieth century abstraction. This impulse is still in frequent evidence today, which should indicate its importance as an archetypal element in visual art and the array of implications that resonate from it.

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 20, 6-9pm

for more information contact the gallery , 212.633.6525 (Open Tues - Sat. 12-6pm)

Est.1998, Cynthia Broan Gallery represents the work of emerging and established contemporary artists.
The gallery is open to working with curators, team or solo artists and has also been available for special projects.

Cynthia Broan Gallery
423 W. 14th Street, NYC, NY 10014 | f: 212.633.2855

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