 Clearance, 2004 acrylic and oil on canvas, 36" x 38 Angelina Gualdoni It is Happening Again Kavi Gupta Gallery is pleased to present the second solo exhibition of Chicago based artist Angelina Gualdoni. Gualdoni's previous series of paintings was based on the 1999 demolition of the Horizons Pavilion, in Future World at Disney's Epcot Center. Horizons was a ride-through attraction that brought viewers on a journey through the history of premonitions of the future including underwater cities, a desert farming community and a space colony. Gualdoni portrayed the destruction of the building as an organic process as it fell back into the earth to begin the cycle again. "It is Happening Again" titles Angelina Gualdoni's new series of work which describes an ominous shifting world that is constantly changing yet never indicating its motives as a benevolent or malevolent force. This idea of the unknown which exists under many guises "God, progress, entropy, weather, natural phenomena, violence, magic" is the change that is inherent and integral in our environment. Buildings are demolished, churches peak through a dirty skyline, parking garages seep into the ground, strip malls decay and concrete barriers are discarded becoming the subjects in Gualdoni's paintings. These structures and symbols mingle comfortably with spills, drips, and stains on the canvas reiterating the role chance plays in all of this. Angelina Gualdoni (b. 1975, San Francisco) lives and works in Chicago. Gualdoni will be exhibiting a solo show this February 2005 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in the "12x12 New Artists/New Work" series. She has exhibited solo exhibitions at Finesilver Gallery in San Antonio and has been included in group shows at Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery in NY, Galeria Senda in Barcelona, Spain, Lombard-Fried in NY, Momentum Gallery in Berlin and "Here and Now" at the Chicago Cultural Center curated by Gregory Knight, Lanny Silverman, Marianne Richter and James Rondeau. Exhibition: December 10 - February 5, 2005 Gallery hours: Tue - Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat 11am - 5pm Kavi Gupta Gallery 835 West Washington USA-Chicago IL 60607 Telephone +1 312 432.0708 Fax +1 312 432.0709 Email info@kavigupta.com www.kavigupta.com |
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