14/9/2001
Tierra incognita
Nylon, London
Nylon is delighted to present the work of three American artists who work in the terrain of imaginary geographies: Nina Bovasso, Rob de Mar, Shirley Tse.
Nina Bovasso
Rob de Mar
Shirley Tse
Nylon is delighted to present the work of three American artists who work in
the terrain of imaginary geographies.
Nina Bovasso's works on paper present a dense graphic universe of abstract
spatial dynamics. These elastic accumulations of colour, shapes and
whimsical figurative elements radiate out from the center of the work
drawing you into an imaginary cosmos populated by hives of visual activity.
The works have a huge range in size from 3m diptychs to 25cm.
Rob de Mar crosses the barriers between painting and sculpture by making
3-dimensional cross-sections of territory positioned on high pedestals or
attached directly to the wall. Each is a carefully constructed rendering of
land occupied by both man-made and natural features which immaculately
convey the relationship between human occupation of the land and the
simultaneously inherent generosity and intractability of Nature.
Shirley Tse examines the twin themes of dislocation and re-location and the
natural world/ industrial culture dialectic by constructing 3-dimensional
topographies in plastics and polystyrene which explore both abstract and
representational space suggesting both an architectonic seriousness and
plastic conceit.
Nina has just exhibited in the Fresh show at the New Museum of Contemporary
Art, New York and has had solo exhibitions with Richard Heller, Los Angeles,
Inman Gallery, Houston, and Fayerweather Gallery in Charlottesville Virginia
as well as with her gallery in New York, Clementine. Rob is also represented
by Clementine, New York and is currently preparing for his second solo show
with them next Spring. He was included in Pastoral Pop at the Whitney
Phillip Morris this year and in Greater New York at PS1 in 2000. Shirley has
recently shown in 010101: Art in Technological Times at the San Francisco
MoMA, at Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, Los
Angeles as part of the Peter and Eileen Norton Collection and Numark
Gallery, Washington. She is represented by Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Los
Angeles and Murray Guy in New York.
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