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Top 3 (In no particular order):
John Alex Gonzalez and his radio-style illustrated cartoon drama with excellent soundtrack. This modest and engaging multi-projection film noir had me from the first sax notes, but it was the attempts to light a cigarette a flip zippo lighter and the timing of the images and text that clinched it. That scrolling sound of the finger on the hinge, the calm speaking voice: it was filmic and it was not a film. It was my favorite surprise and I could imagine it bigger or smaller.
Jay Gaskill presented two major paintings striking and flawlessly executed. One (I did not measure) must have been 16 feet long and 6 feet high and the other with a golden metallic ochre ground was also large in scale. Both works were smooth emblematic abstractions. I imagine the one pictured here as a complicated pictograph in a UFO exit row really small or in a giant gallery with white walls. Here I am!
Amanda Valdez had a whole slew of paintings presented. A bit of editing might have helped, but never mind, because a few of these were so strong one ignored the rest. The sewn together fabric, canvas, embroidery and paint was a real discovery that could have happened in a LES gallery somewhere. It happened to be at a college graduate show but they are ready to be anywhere and shined.
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| Jay Gaskill |
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| Amanda Valdez |
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Tim Donald Webster
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And then there was just some cool and admirable things to see...
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| Takako Oishi |
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| Martin Roth |
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Emily Stoddart
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| yoshiaki mochizuki |
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| Oasa DuVerney |
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| Ira Eduardovna |
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ReplyDeletehi julia,
ReplyDeletei had sprayed "raid" that day in my space (before the gallery opened). we had a panel discussion in the gallery space and i was advised by other students: no flies allowed. the flies were a side product of my installation and not planned. i want my work to be in the process of living, to have a life of its own.
i am interested to learn more about other artists who also grew grass on real persian rugs or similar materials.
all the best.
martin
i did work with butterflies, birds, ducklings, .. in the past
I should not have reviewed a student show.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in your work Martin! And I look forward to seeing
more of your work.
Best greetings.