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26/2/2003

New American Landscape

Conner Contemporary Art, Washington

Conner Contemporary Art proudly presents "New American Landscape" an inspired exhibition of recent works by Washington-based artists Mary Woodall and John Kirchner. This show is devoted to the legacy of the landscape genre as a wellspring of originality in the history of art in America and Washington, D.C.

We are pleased to introduce Mary Woodall, a young artist whose exceptional ability emerges in her photographic series: "element" (2002). Woodall's uncompromising minimalist style is evident in the cool splendor of these large-scale color photographs. The artist demonstrates how our vision of the natural world is mediated by manufactured barriers and explores distortions which arise where the natural and manufactured worlds meet. She explains:
Pools of water on my sunroof blur images of clouds and trees and abstract their forms. The screen in my bedroom window imposes a geometric grid on the landscape outside. Droplets of water caught in its weave function like small lenses, reflecting inverted images of sky and earth, seemingly turning the natural order upside-down.

While Woodall creates a new pictorial microcosm, conceptual artist John Kirchner constructs a haunting pastoral nocturne in his video "Deer Hunting in Virginia" (2002). In hand-shot footage of his dogs pursuing a stag by moonlight, Kirchner captures the awe of the sublime with ominously alluring imagery which evokes the thrill of the chase and the pleasure of looking. Choreographed to an audio track of Bach's Goldberg variations, his painterly scenes stir the passions as well as the senses. Kirchner's video stills are also presented in the current show, which marks his third exhibition at the gallery. The work of this accomplished artist has been featured at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and will be exhibited in an upcoming show at the Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah, New York.

Image: a work by John Kirchner

There will be a reception for the artists Saturday, March 1, 6-8pm.

H: Tuesday - Saturday: 11-6pm.

For further information and visuals contact Leigh Conner @:

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Conner Contemporary Art
1730 Connecticut Avenue, NW - 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
V: + 202-588-8750

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