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Curated by Bettina Smith + Christina Warner December
9, 2004 – January 15, 2005 Viewing hours: Wednesday – Sunday 12 - 7pm Gallery closed from December 24, 2004 – January 2, 2005 artists:
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mixed media
photograph and lcd screen with video
oil on linen
installation with string, nails, paint and braches
photography
oil and mixed media on canvas
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mixed media cast in resin |
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watercolor on paper
sculpture made from match sticks
sculpture made from pipe cleaners
photography
mixed media
collage made of photographs
photography
exhibition description
95 Canal Project: Out of our Element
Chamber is
pleased to announce 95 Canal Project: Out of Our Element, a group exhibition
inaugurating Bettina Smith and Christina Warner’s first curatorial
project. The opening reception is on Thursday, December 9, from 6 –
8 pm, the exhibition continues through January 15, 2005. Out of Our Element
will feature painting, photography, sculpture and video by Al Braithwaite,
Ivan Cortazar, Melissa Dadourian, Leonora Hamill, Henry Hemming, Matt
Magee, Ryan Oakes, Trevor Oakes, Alix Smith, Stephen Stapleton, Dave Symmonds
and Foster Witt.
Whether witnessing a hurricane or a rampant forest fire, human beings
are innately aware of the tremendous power which nature holds over us.
Through a variety of mediums, the artists included in Out of our Element
attempt to capture the power and subtlety of fire, air, earth and water.
In their common desire to control these elements they create visionary
compositions and unique worlds.
Dave Symmonds’ luminous collages of water remind us more of constellations
and clusters of stars. In his sculpture composed exclusively of matchsticks,
Trevor Oakes subdues and controls the irrepressible element of fire by
containing it at its earliest stage. The resin pieces of Matt Magee allude
to a quiet introspection and spirituality -- branches, bones and other
found objects form a collection of modern day fossils suspended in amber-colored
resin. Melissa Dadourian’s painting Mountain Girl depicts branches
growing out from the belly of a volcano, redefining forms in nature and
the human body to explore the notion of existence and the essence of life.
All twelve artists included in Out of our Element come together in a poetic
dialogue examining both the metaphysical and organic possibilities of
fire, air, earth and water.
95 Canal Project is done in partnership with Chamber, a roving exhibition
space established in 1993. Its purpose is to use borrowed real estate
to provide a venue for artists outside the commercial gallery circuit.
95 Canal Project invites galleries and collectors to witness the ability
of these exceptional, emerging artists.
For more information please contact Bettina Smith or Christina Warner
at canal95project@yahoo.com.
95 CANAL STREET - between Eldridge and Forsyth Streets
subways:
B,
D to Grand St.
F to East Broadway
6, N, Q, R, W to Canal St.
J, M, Z to Bowery
driving:
From UPTOWN:
Take
2ND AVE South
Continue on CHRYSTIE ST (2nd turns into Chrystie)
Turn Left on CANAL ST - Arrive at 95 CANAL ST, on the
Left
From BROOKLYN:
Take
MANHATTAN BRIDGE
Turn Right on CANAL ST - Arrive at 95 CANAL ST, on
the Left
From FDR DRIVE:
going
towards DELANCEY ST South
Turn Right on GRAND ST
Bear Left on E BROADWAY
Bear Right on CANAL ST - Arrive at 95 CANAL ST, on
the Right