 The Site, 2006 oil on panel, 40 x 50 inches, 101.6 x 127 cm Echo Eggebrecht Come Hell or High Water Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery is pleased to present the work of Echo Eggebrecht in her first solo exhibition at the gallery, "Come Hell or High Water". In "Come Hell or High Water," Eggebrecht presents eight paintings that act as a cross between atmospheric landscapes and still life. These works are a departure from her previous paintings as Eggebrecht reverses her approach to scale and scope. Here, macro becomes micro. Broad concepts of time travel and the human lifespan become intimate through the artist's interpretations of nature, experience and emotions. A winter landscape expresses longing, a Gothic cathedral evokes the human skeletal structure and a painterly architectural dig implies the traits of curiosity and investigation. In these works, Eggebrecht casts off acrylic for oil paint, which lends a luminous depth to her carefully constructed scenes. Eggebrecht employs a wealth of source material, including handmade models of fishing lures, cat's cradles and lanterns that woven together create an invented space. Meticulously rendered symbols, rooted in Americana, are combined with painterly passages, suggesting a psychological space that is both fantastical and real. Her vocabulary of images is poetic while anchored in the concrete, suspending the viewer between the static depiction of objects and an implied narrative. Eggebrecht (b. 1977) received her MFA from Hunter College in the spring of 2006 and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago in 2000. Her work will be included in the upcoming exhibition "Poets on Painters" at the Ulrich Museum, Kansas. Eggebrecht lives and works in New York. Exhibition: October 21 - November 25, 2006 Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 10am - 6pm Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery 526 W. 26th Street, Room 213 New York, NY 10001 Telephone +1 212 243 3335 Fax +1 212 243 1059 Email gallery@nicoleklagsbrun.com www.nicoleklagsbrun.com |
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