 Angelina Gualdoni: If there's still a way to build, there will be a way to destroy, things are not all that out of control, 2003 acrylic on canvas, 48" x 60" Rough Topography Hillary Bleecker, Angelina Gualdoni, Shane Huffman, James Ireland, Justin Lieberman, Tim Lokiec, David Noonan, Chris Oliveria, Anna Shteynshleyger "Rough Topography" represents a number of young artists whose work openly explores the harsh terrain ranging from the physical topography of the landscape to its cultural, political, social, personal and fantastic idiosyncrasies that influence the way one perceives and strives to make sense of the world around them. The artists in this exhibition approach their work from disparate directions and mediums yet underlying is a parallel motivation stemming from a lingering preoccupation with the perplexities, anxieties and "roughness" that permeate our lives. "Rough Topography" includes work that ranges from Hillary Bleecker's subtle drawings of displaced acid colored trees to David Noonan's horror influenced video depicting a woman lost within a world blurred between nightmare and reality. Angelina Gualdoni's paintings of the destruction of Epcot Center's Horizon's Pavilion poetically comment on Disney's failed visions of utopia, while Justin Lieberman's tie-dyed embracing "Klansmen" represent the clashing of two extreme failed ideologies; KKK and utopian hippie culture. A more unassuming approach is seen in Anna Shteynshleyger's photographs which depict remote picturesque locations in Siberia and James Ireland's landscape assemblages created from such household materials as mirrors, fluorescent lights, shelving and magazine clippings. Tim Lokiec creates thick, muddy paintings possessed by a stoned teenager and inspired by third and fourth plateau consciousness, kidnappings, prom car crashes and animals. Quietly, personal universes are diagrammed and probed through Shane Huffman's collaged constructions while Chris Oliveria uses a small dreaming character whose visions depict a struggling civilization. June 20 - Aug 16, 2003 Hours: Tue-Fri, 10-6, Sat, 11-5 Vedanta Gallery 835 West Washington USA-Chicago IL 60607 Phone +1 312 432.0708 Fax +1 312 432.0709 E-Mail info@vedantagallery.com www.vedantagallery.com |
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