Paul Gabrielli
dal 2/1/2009 al 7/2/2009
Segnalato da
2/1/2009
Paul Gabrielli
Invisible-Exports NYC, New York
Closer Than That. The artist approaches sculpture as an act of appropriation, assimilating other media into one comprehensive system.
New York-based artist Paul Gabrielli offers work of quiet maximalism. He approaches
sculpture as an act of appropriation, assimilating other media into one
comprehensive system. While Gabrielli’s practice can be seen as a continuation of
his minimalist lineage, his specific objects are infused with a thwarted eroticism
of both desire and restraint
Gabrielli’s works straddle the boundaries of sculpture, photography, work on paper
and video, experiments in form designed to encapsulate the physical manifestation of
a single thought, with all its lyricism and paradox, desire and restraint. His
pieces represent both interior visions and the very real destruction of the
well-defined and corporeal. They stand on the anxious fulcrum of categorization;
when distinctions between forms and material disappear, or are made to disappear,
what is left standing? Gabrielli wants to give objects a second look, a second
chance, and perhaps even a second identity. One is never enough.
Paul Gabrielli was a 2008 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Nominee and is part of the
permanent collection of the Cartier Foundation, Paris. His work has been exhibited
at institutions and galleries including the Cartier Foundation, Paris; BOMB
Magazine; and The Studio Gallery, among others. His work can also be seen in a group
show curated by Mary Heillman at 303 Gallery opening January 10, 2009.
Reception Saturday, January 3, 6 – 8pm
Invisible NYC
14A Orchard Street - New York
Wednesday through Sunday, 11-7pm, and by appointment
Free admission