Rosemarie Fiore
dal 8/1/2004 al 9/2/2004
Segnalato da
8/1/2004
Rosemarie Fiore
Plus Ultra Gallery, New York
In an amazing new series of ceramic table-top landscapes, fiore continues her exploration of technology, violence, and war as it relates to art-making through three-dimensional recreations of actual scenarios from the 'roadrunner' cartoon series.
plus ultra gallery is very pleased to present a solo exhibition by new york
artist rosemarie fiore. in an amazing new series of ceramic table-top
landscapes, fiore continues her exploration of technology, violence, and war as
it relates to art-making through three-dimensional recreations of actual
scenarios from the 'roadrunner' cartoon series.
conceptually, this series examines the role of the creative trickster, a
long-running theme in fiore's performances, videos, and works on paper. contrary
to what always happened in the cartoon, for which the writers followed strict
rules (including that the roadrunner must be 'good' and not actively harm the
coyote, as much as simply undo the coyote's creativity with a simple act of
'dumb luck'), in fiore's landscapes what nearly everyone who ever watched the
series wanted actually happens: the coyote finally succeeds.
drawn to the subject by the wildly creative weapons the coyote developed in each
episode, which fiore had first recreated in papier mache, she expanded her
project to include entire landscapes after attending a residency in new mexio
that had a ceramics kiln available. attracted by both the colors and textures of
the new mexico desert and the callenge of realizing two-dimensional narratives
in three-dimensional sculptures, fiore presents this series of ceramic tableaus
that—unlike their benignly decorative, almost peaceful italian or french
precedents—reveal gruesome ends to the coyote's creative endeavors. fiore also
presents a series of drawings on acetate (referencing cartoon cells), each one
capturing the moment at which the roadrunner is exploding into hundreds of
pieces. with bits of cacti or desert brush, as well as roadrunner purple body
parts, flying in all directions, these works suggest unused cells collected from
the cartoon studio's cutting room floor, revealing,
perhaps, an unrealized desire on the part of the series' original creators.
opening reception: friday, feb 9, 2004, 7 - 9 pm
contact joshua a. stern or ed winkleman at 718-387-3844 /
opening: friday, january 9, 2004, 7 - 9 pm
gallery hours: friday thru monday, 12 to 6 or by appointment
Plus Ultra Gallery, Inc.
235 South 1st Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 387-3844
directions: take the L train to bedford avenue. walk south along bedford to
south 1st street. turn left. plus ultra is two blocks from bedford, just past
roebling street.