Two exhibitions
dal 2/2/2006 al 20/2/2006
Segnalato da
2/2/2006
Two exhibitions
Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte
Elizabeth Turk: Poppyfields. The bronze sculptures in this exhibition represent a departure from Turk's highly refined works in marble. While parts of the figures appear realistic, other areas deconstruct and meld together. Robert Lazzarini: New Works. He uses advanced digital technology to create distorted versions of familiar objects. His works address the physical, psychological and emotional implications of this distortion.
Elizabeth Turk
Poppyfields. Bronze sculpture and large drawings
The bronze sculptures in this exhibition represent a departure from Turk's highly
refined works in marble. While parts of the figures appear realistic, other areas
deconstruct and meld together. The quality of the wax model is not lost during the
casting process. Drips and dents become part of the finished work. Soft pools of wax
are cast and in some cases form the base of the sculpture. The sculptures in the
series Poppyfields were inspired by the poem "In Flander's Fields" by John McCrae.
Each figure is displayed in a different state of refinement atop a long pole. Some
figures are fully formed while others are more enigmatic. Also on view will be
exquisitely executed large-scale drawings by the artist.
Elizabeth Turk received her MFA in Sculpture from the Rinehart School at the
Maryland Institute, and had completed several prestigious residencies - including
the Kyojima Artist in Residence Program, Tokyo, Japan and the McColl Center for
Visual Art in Charlotte, NC. Recently, Turk had a one-woman show at the Mint Museum
of Art, where several of the pieces remain on view. Turk has shown internationally
and her work is in the collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington DC, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC, and Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington.
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Robert Lazzarini
New Works. Drawings and prints
Synonymous with an agenda of the gallery to bring the best of New York artists to
North Carolina, two of Lazzarini's sculptures were placed by the gallery in
important Charlotte collections prior to the 2002 Whitney Biennial. These works were
subsequently included in the remarkable exhibition 'Revelation' at the Mint Museum
of Art curated by Carla Hanzal. They now appear again in Lazzarini's one man show at
the museum, "VantagePoint V: Robert Lazzarini" running February 25th through July
16th. He will be giving a talk at the museum at 3:00pm on Sunday, February 26th.
Lazzarini is one of the most important American sculptors working today. He uses
advanced digital technology to create distorted versions of familiar objects. His
beautiful yet unsettling works address the physical, psychological and emotional
implications of this distortion. As distorted versions of familiar objects, they
appear in the process of slipping between two and three dimensions, from realism to
abstraction, from this world to the next. Appearing to expand and contract as the
viewer shifts vantage points, the works seem to collapse upon themselves or, in the
artist's words, "slip toward their own demise."
Exhibited internationally, Lazzarini's sculpture and works on paper have been seen
in London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Seoul and cities throughout the United States. In
addition to his inclusion in the 2002 Whitney Biennial, Lazzarini's work has since
been in numerous museum shows including a solo exhibition at the Virginia Museum of
Fine Art in 2003. His work can also be found in a number of permanent collections
including The Whitney, The Walker Art Center, The Newark Museum and the Midwest
Museum of American Art.
Image: Elizabeth Turk, Poppyfields (detail), bronze
Opening: Friday, February 3, 2006, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Joie Lassiter Gallery
1440 South Tryon Street, ste. 104 - Charlotte
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-5.30pm, Saturday 11am-4pm