August 4, 2010
Shadow, Galerie Lelong
Galerie Lelong, New York
28 juni – 3 augustus 2007
Artists:
Richard Artschwager, Petah Coyne, Angelo Filomenok, Andy Goldsworthy, Catherine Lee, Dorothy Napangardi en Kate Sheperd
SHADOW
Shadow, a group show with works by Richard Artschwager, Petah Coyne, Angelo Filomeno, Andy Goldsworthy, Catherine Lee, Dorothy Napangardi, and Kate Shepherd will open to the public on June 28, 2007. The works in the exhibition, while differing in medium, date and form, all share an interest in shifting impressions of light, shadow and fluidity. The exhibition will remain on view through August 3.
Richard Artschwager is one of the iconic post-war American artists. His heterogeneous body of work draws from eclectic sources and investigates unusual materials. On view is the trompe l'oeil Dame Redend (Speaking Woman), composed mainly of rubberized hair. Petah Coyne is represented by an earlier work from the '80s. Known for richly layered installations with wax, silk flowers, and taxidermy, among other materials, her sculptures have an anthropomorphic presence. The work featured in Shadow is directly figural, and its use of steel and organza is unique among the artist's works. Angelo Filomeno contributes a monumental painting, entitled Coat of Arms with a Skull (after Albrecht Durer engraving). The painting is made with painstaking embroidery of silver thread and Swarovski crystals, which allow the image to appear and disappear. Andy Goldsworthy scratches a white line across grey slate, combining drawing and sculpture in the work Drawn Slate. The grid-based "mark" paintings made by Catherine Lee in the '70s also relate to the line and underlie her interest in rhythm and gesture, still a hallmark of her contemporary sculpture. Made on raw linen attached to the wall with grommets, the paintings are a calligraphic record of her working process. From the Northern Territory of Australia, Aboriginal artist Dorothy Napangardi will show a painting of her delicate and intimate patterns of lines and dots that evoke journeys and the forging of paths. Finally, Kate Shepherd's featured painting interprets the building as cage, her line shifting between actual and imagined structures.
