 Blocs, 2006 Archival inkjet, 89.75 x 89.75 inches, 228 x 228 cm Dana Hoey Pattern Recognition Friedrich Petzel Gallery is pleased to announce "Pattern Recognition," an exhibition of new works by Dana Hoey, to coincide with the release of her new book "Profane Waste." The exhibition will be comprised of new photographs of sexualized women, all over the age of 40. For this body of work, Hoey has combined original and appropriated images and arranged them into kaleidoscopic patterns, juxtaposing the nudes with more simple portraits. Initially inspired by Judith Butler to enact satirical, imitative performances of social patterns, Hoey quickly saw the limitations of such a practice. Noting that there is no way around the "tissue-thin reduction of the female form to sexual viability," Hoey departed from the main themes of her previous work and did away with the picture plane, pictorial narrative, and any semblance of photographic perfection. New participants, these champions of the first wave of feminism, entered the work and not only demolished, but restructured their "pornification." They left messes, carefully ordered into misaligned, dusty, and gluey flat patterns. All dirt and dust was then buried in the ultra-flat picture plane, and laminated over to complete the sealing and erasure of the hand. The result of this grotesque process is a large, vibrant collage that plays with geometric patterns and twisted social norms. Dana Hoey lives and works in New York. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide and, most recently, had solo shows at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. and Tache-Levy Gallery in Brussels. Her new book, "Profane Waste," created in collaboration with writer Gretchen Rubin, will be released in May. This will be Dana Hoey's fourth solo exhibition at Friedrich Petzel Gallery. Exhibition: May 4 - June 3, 2006 Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 10am - 6pm and by appointment. Friedrich Petzel Gallery 535 West 22nd Street USA-New York 10011, NY Telephone +1 212 680 94 67 Fax +1 212 680 94 73 Email info@petzel.com www.petzel.com |
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