The Way, 2004 White mushroom spore on Art Spectrum paper, 38 x 27 inches Jim Toia Dawn Jim Toia's new work is a continuation of his abiding study of the underlying structures and processes of the natural world. Toia's highly sophisticated investigations use nature's energy to produce powerful visual metaphors about causal agents that operate in the universe unaffected by grace. Toia's mushroom spore drawings are unique examples of his partnership with natural process. Through the release of millions of expelled mushroom spores that are moving with a proportional speed necessary for objects to escape earth's atmosphere, Toia's hand placed mushrooms yield scale less works which simultaneously reflect the cosmological and the quantum in their structure. Toia's video projections are interconnected meditations on natural process as well. In "Plume" specific forms are rapidly dissolved into a fluid, contemplative whole. The viewer becomes quickly engaged in the broader collective form of the larger work. The illusion of instability is confirmed by the ebb and flow of shapes and colors in the formal visual field. "Dissolving Garden" is a collaborative work using the "found sound" of composer Frances White. The viewer sees a juxtaposition of a mountain face at Delaware Water Gap and the water's edge at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. The slow transition of one image into the other in a continuous loop refers to natural, procreative cycles. The projection rests on a bed of lichen pinned to the gallery wall that softens and diffuse the image. Coupled with White's sound composition that emanates from the wall "Dissolving Garden" maintains a sensory, physical state while remaining as daydream about nature. Exhibition: April 22 - May 27, 2006 Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 11 am - 6 pm Kim Foster Gallery 529 West 20th Street USA-New York, NY 10011 Telephone +1 212 229-0044 Email info@kimfostergallery.com www.kimfostergallery.com |
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