 Moskovita, 2004 colour pencil & felt pen on cut-out cardboard, 71 x 56 cm Stefan Saffer Stefan Saffer's paper cut-outs are made up of what is not there as much as what is present. Finely-wrought drawings cut from a single sheet of paper create rectilinear forms or biomorphic designs that spider across the wall, leaving visible archipelagos on the surface beneath. The paper hangs by two pins, held just away from the wall; the hard-edged shadows become a second element to the drawing - a monotone echo. Saffer's starting point is often a blank sheet of paper which he draws on and then cuts out afterwards. At other times Saffer works from found imagery - amateur drawings, posters or a collage of source material - that provide subliminal content and a kink in the process. There is a teasing contradiction between the delicacy of the work and its roots in robust folk tradition, yet the irrefutable evidence of Saffer's decisions and the character of his very human line bring the aesthetic of craft close to the legacy of abstract expressionism. Stefan Saffer born 1969, lives and works in Berlin, currently based in New York for the Whitney Program. Exhibition: 28 February - 4 April 2004 Gallery hours: Thu-Sun 12am - 6pm or by appointment. Kate MacGarry Gallery 95-97 Redchurch Street UK-London E2 7DJ Telephone +44 020.7613 3909 E-Mail mail@katemacgarry.com www.katemacgarry.com |
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