Judith Schaechter
dal 10/10/2007 al 9/11/2007
Segnalato da
10/10/2007
Judith Schaechter
Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
Burning Inside
Burning Inside
Claire Oliver Gallery is proud to present Judith
Schaechter's Burning Inside: a solo exhibition of new
stained glass lightboxes and extraordinary drawings.
In this, the Artist's third solo exhibition in the Gallery,
Ms. Schaechter worked to expand the potentials of
glass process and its painterly possibilities. The artist
has challenged herself to create new techniques in
each of her stained glass works.
Schaechter's universal popularity could be attributed
to the singularity of her work. In a field much better
known for abstraction, her imagery relies on
painstaking draftsmanship and the figure. Indeed, the
artist has given new meaning to the stained glass
genre precisely by adopting its historical function as
didactic narrative. The artist balances the methods of
painting on glass that harken back to the middle ages
with an unmistakably contemporary style aligned with
those of underground comics and political artists.
By design, nothing in a Schaechter work allows for a
straightforward narrative or a single meaning. Bizarre
encounters abound in her works; color shapes revolve
with the intimate scale and printed feel of maps,
puzzles and game boards Schaechter has
appropriated and reinvented in ways reminiscent of
the paintings of Trevor Winkfield. Victorian textiles and
tapestry find their way into the work as do the
influences of ukiyo-e prints, Chinese propaganda and
circus posters, and old allegorical prints, the
meanings of which have long been forgotten.
The Gallery is pleased to announce Ms. Schaechter
has been commissioned by the Museum of Arts and
Design to create a permanent installation in the
Museum's spectacular new location on Columbus
Circle which will open to the public in the Fall of 2008.
Viewable from the 58th street side of the building, Ms.
Schaechter's brilliant kaleidoscopic tableau will bring
color and energy to the main floor staircase.
Judith Schaechter's works of art are included in
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Contemporary Art
Collection, as well as those of the Philadelphia
Museum of Art, The Carnegie Museum of Art and
many other important institutions worldwide. Ms.
Schaechter's lightboxes were included in the 2002
Whitney Biennale; she is the recipient of a 2005
Guggenheim Fellowship and two National
Endowment for the Arts grants.
Claire Oliver
513 West 26th Street - New York
Free admission