One half almost filled with thread.
One half almost filled with thread.
One half almost filled with thread.
Work in Progress
Small tea ball with hand-dyed thread. Each thread, whose lengths vary from 3 to 10 feet long, is individually threaded through a hole and knotted.
Group Show Coming Up - Opening Thursday, August 1st 6-9p
City's Six
City College MFA Group Show
August 1st - 22nd, 2013One Art Space Gallery
23 Warren Street (between Church and Broadway)
Opening Reception Thursday, August 1, 6-9 pm.
One Art Space Gallery is pleased to
present City’s Six, a group exhibition of New York City based artists
publicly showcasing their artwork together for the first time. The artists:
Sasha Cohen, Andrea Coronil, Gayla Martin, Shannon McBride, Katie Simpson Spain
and Alison White are the City College of New York’s MFA Spring 2013 graduating
class. Each artist relates to her materials differently, but seen as a group,
the work creates a dialogue based on viewer interaction and exploration of
environments.
Sasha Cohen, Gayla Martin and Alison White play with the idea of hanging and draping in unique ways to explore space. Cohen’s paintings become three dimensional objects with the inclusion of fabric and her manipulation of the surface, while Martin’s hanging thread sculptures act more like simple line drawings that portray an intimate attention to detail. White’s fabric sculptures are complex compositions that evoke a sense of chaotic, yet ordered beauty.
Sasha Cohen, Gayla Martin and Alison White play with the idea of hanging and draping in unique ways to explore space. Cohen’s paintings become three dimensional objects with the inclusion of fabric and her manipulation of the surface, while Martin’s hanging thread sculptures act more like simple line drawings that portray an intimate attention to detail. White’s fabric sculptures are complex compositions that evoke a sense of chaotic, yet ordered beauty.
Shannon McBride, Katie Simpson Spain and Andrea Coronil invite viewers to
examine the plays with illusion in their work. McBride's sculptures seem at
first recognizable and familiar, like fruits or commonplace objects, but upon
close inspection reveal subtle distortions of reality. Simpson Spain, on the
other hand, develops invitingly warm spaces that remind the viewer of past
experiences: camping trips, Girl Scout troops, late nights, and explorations.
Coronil paints iconic images of boxers and organs, and imbues them with
personal narratives of loss and transcendence that are both transparent and
layered.
Together this group of artists compose varied atmospheres full of playful inquisitiveness, reminders of past experiences, and an intimate attention to detail. The curators celebrate and admire each of the artists and their work. City’s Six is curated by Blake Ruehrwein and Stephanie Crawford, respectively a graduate and a candidate from the Masters in Art History program at the City College of New York. The exhibition is a launching pad for both the artists and the curators at this stage in their careers.
Together this group of artists compose varied atmospheres full of playful inquisitiveness, reminders of past experiences, and an intimate attention to detail. The curators celebrate and admire each of the artists and their work. City’s Six is curated by Blake Ruehrwein and Stephanie Crawford, respectively a graduate and a candidate from the Masters in Art History program at the City College of New York. The exhibition is a launching pad for both the artists and the curators at this stage in their careers.
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Woodblock Prints
MFA Thesis Show-March 2013
Suspended
Thread # 1, #2 and #3,
nylon thread, embroidery hoops, paint, 9 x 2 x 2 feet.
Suspended
Thread # 1 and # 2
Blue Fabric (Skinny), 2012, Hand-woven weaving, oak, 55 x 15 inches.
Blue Fabric (Eye), 2012, Hand-woven weaving, oak, 65 x 15 inches.
Blue Fabric (Close), 2012, Hand-woven weaving, oak, 66 x 23 inches.
Sneak Peak of Thesis Photos
Reception TODAY 5-8:30
Constructed Impressions
Gayla Martin
MFA Thesis Exhibition
March 11th – 15th
Reception Wednesday, March 13th 5-8:30pm
Workshop Friday, March 15th 1-5pm
Sculptures form impressions of space outlined with thread. The
fragile and visually permeable tubes appear as shadows of solid structural
forms. In addition to responding to the gallery the installation is a three-dimensional
drawing within the confines of four walls. Activation of the work includes the
transference of movement, through a breeze, from body to sculpture and in
involving the viewer with the seats. I draw connections to meditation and
relaxation to my process and the experience. Low profile wooden seats are situated throughout
the gallery where viewers may rest, and experience the installation from a
different vantage point. Friday, March 15th, from 1pm-5pm I will
activate the project room as a workshop/performance space where I will weave on
my handmade loom. It will be interactive in that I will respond to any
questions posed by viewers.
MFA Thesis Exhibit
March 11th- 15th
Reception Wednesday March 13th @ 5pm!
Delicate sculptures of thread mimic architectural structures such as columns along side hand-woven gestural forms that convey comfort. The fragile and visually permeable columns appear as shadows of solid structural forms. These sculptures confront notions of comfort and safety: a hammock that can’t hold weight or a column that can’t bear weight.Facebook Event
Install of Thread Activation
See this work at the sculpture exhibit "HEIGHTxWIDTHxDEPTH" at The City College of New York art gallery. Reception will be Thursday, February 21st, 5-7pm.
Detail (Right), Thread Activation #4, 2013, hand-dyed thread, wood, 2 x 9 x 168 inches.