Ilana Manolson
dal 29/5/2009 al 23/7/2009
Segnalato da
29/5/2009
Ilana Manolson
Jason McCoy Inc., New York
The artist paints momentary impressions of nature as they unfold through the various seasons. Combining realist elements with fields of color abstraction, she depicts her subject on the verge of change.
Jason McCoy Gallery is pleased to
present an exhibition of paintings by the Boston based artist Ilana
Manolson. This will be the first New York solo exhibition for the
artist.
Ilana
Manolson paints momentary impressions of nature as they unfold through
the various seasons. Combining realist elements with fields of color
abstraction, she depicts her subject on the verge of change and as it
swings its pendulum between order and disorder. Having begun her career
as a printmaker, who was used to adding "whites" through the omission
of color, Manolson's painting technique adds an interesting twist.
Whereas traditionally a painter adds the lightest colors last,
Manolson builds up paint to add highlights, but then employs a
selection of spatulas and scrapers to "pull from the paint" and reveal
the light that hides underneath it.
Manolson
is a former naturalist, whose work in a Canadian national park entailed
the constant study of 12-inch squares of grazing land in order to
assess the condition of the land at large. This experience has left her
well equipped for the quest to transform microscopic details into
representative images of the macrocosm. Here, changes of light and
color or the illusive reflections found in water and sky, for example
all become contemplations of transience and transformation, and
Manolson adds: "Enter
this painted place that creates its own logic: its order and rhythms;
its contradictions and surprises. In these paintings we are part of an
endless story of cycles -of seasons where in the comfort of repetition
there is always something new.... Look down at your feet and you will
see power in every neglected corner."
Ilana
Manolson has exhibited extensively in the United States. She is a
recent recipient of the Mass Cultural Council Grant (2008). Her works
are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, the Boston Public Library, the
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, JP Morgan & Company, New York; Sanford
Bernstein & Sons, New York, and Citizens Bank, Providence, Rhode
Island, among others.
She lives and works in Boston.
Reception for the Artist: Saturday, May 30, 4.00 - 6.00 pm
Jason McCoy Inc.
41 East 57th Street - New York
Summer Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10 AM - 5 PM
Free admission