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2/5/2008

Edwina White and Brian Dettmer

Feigen Contemporary, New York

EDWINA WHITE has varied experience in the disciplines of theater, writing and illustration to the effect of creating playful and poignant vignettes inhabited by characters often posed in fable-like narratives.

White engages the patina of aged papers from an old ruled composition book, a lost family recipe, a menu, or a musical score in a songbook from the past-each already invested with meaning and memory. Her sparse drawings are enhanced with a painterly touch and at times augmented with delicate details of cut paper and collage, such as a lace collar or butterfly wing. White's escapades are infused with a gentle and wry humor, and imply some hidden allegory. Her subjects are distinctive, melding classical elements of expression with a modern sensibility.

Raised in Australia, White moved to New York in 2001 to pursue her fine art career after studying Visual Communications at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her illustrations have appeared in international publications, including ID Magazine, New York Times, Print and Vogue. Her drawings have been exhibited in the UK, Japan, Australia and the U.S

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BRIAN DETTMER sifts through stacks of old books to uncover the perfect source and subject for his sculptural examinations. Dettmer treats his book sculptures like archaeological sites by excavating forms and uncovering hidden meanings. He alters pre-existing materials by selectively removing and manipulating elements as a way to allow new interpretations and ideas to emerge.

With the precision of a surgeon, Dettmer uses scalpels and tweezers to dissect and rejuvenate sets of encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, wallpaper sample books and other forms of rapidly antiquating materials. He does not add content or images, but, rather, pushes the boundaries of the their physical forms to better expose their attributes. The fractured text and layered images that comprise his restructured works evoke the randomness and fragmented nature of history, information and memory.

Dettmer lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. He has exhibited widely throughout North America and Europe. His work has been featured in several books, as well The New York Times Magazine and has garnered the active attention of critics and bloggers. Dettmer's work will be included in an upcoming exhibition at Arti & Amicitiae to celebrate the selection of Amsterdam as World Book Capital City by Unesco.

Opening: 4:30 - 6:30

Feigen Contemporary
535 West 20th Street - New York

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