 Exit Basel, 2006 light box with vinyl, 94 x 177 in. (240 x 450 cm) Installation view Jan Christensen Good Times Make You Think That You're the Lucky One Buia Gallery is pleased to present "Good Times Make You Think That You're the Lucky One," artist Jan Christensen's first solo exhibition with the gallery. "Good Times Make You Think That You're the Lucky One," an installation revolving around a carefully arranged, extensive DVD soundtrack compilation of 20 second bytes of an array of songs from various artists and musical genres, mixed by the artist spreads throughout the gallery via an array of speakers each varyingly transmitting different portions of the soundtrack. A small central star feed like video loop of slowed down, blurred lights, abstracted from an evening highway accompanies the sound component, establishing a feeling of a hypnotic, perhaps melancholic journey. "Good Times Make You Think That You're the Lucky One" considers the notion of place- physically, mentally, and emotionally as constructed by music and a small visual. Jan Christensen is a graduate of The National College of Art and Design in Oslo and a new gallery artist. A recipient of a Pollock-Krasner and Ingrid Lindbäck Laangard Foundation grants, Christensen has had residencies at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin and FRAC des Pays de la Loire in Nantes. Recent exhibitions include a project room exhibition at Yvon Lambert in New York, a solo exhibition in conjunction with Art Basel at the Kunsthaus Baselland, and a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Ghent. This year Jan Christensen participated in "BREEZER" at the gallery as well as in "Please Love Me: Architectural Style and the Love Letter" at the Walker's Point Center for the Arts in Milwaukee- both met with great reception. We are excited to announce the opening of Christensen's greatly anticipated solo exhibition. Exhibition: November 30, 2006 - January 20, 2007 Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 10 am - 6 pm Buia Gallery 541 W. 23rd St. (between 10th & 11th Avenues) USA-New York NY 10011 Telephone +1 212 366 9915 Fax +1 212 366 9846 Email info@buiagallery.com www.buiagallery.com |
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