Anke Weyer , Pirate, 2007,
oil on canvas, 68 x 78 inches
Debora Warner , Black Magic , 2004
oversize monochrome single bloom, black, felt, wire, tape and mixed media, height 61 x diameter 213.3 cm, unique
Ginna Triplett , Untitled, 2006
paper and Flashe on canvas, 29 x 39 inches
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LES FLEURS DU MAL
Gina Magid, Ieva Mediodia, Ginna Triplett, Debora Warner, Anke Weyer
Curated by Elizabeth Balogh
March 17 - April 21, 2007
Mary Goldman Gallery is pleased to announce an all-women group exhibition Les Fleurs du Mal curated by Elizabeth Balogh. The exhibition will be on view from March 17 through April 21, 2007. An opening reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, March 17, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
This exhibition is inspired by "Les Fleurs du Mal," a groundbreaking collection of poetry by Charles Baudelaire from the mid 19th century. Extremely important to both the symbolist and modernist movements, the book was known for its classical form, "blasphemous" passages, and caustic wit. The backlash created by his irreverent ideas resulted in selective censorship, and the complete collection was not published until 1949.
This assemblage of works pays homage to Baudelaire by displaying characteristics that are at once beautiful, sometimes decadent, and occasionally foreboding. The exhibition follows the organizing principles of "Les Fleurs du Mal" by referencing the concepts evoked from the chapter headings in the collection. Each of these artists exhibits the qualities that Baudelaire referred to as "extracting beauty from evil."
Gina Magid: Death
Gina Magid presents images both seductive and troubling. Incorporating sensuous fabrics, or painting on slabs of wood, Magid's works suggest the compartmentalizing of nature. Ideas of suburban encroachment loom on her canvases. Wildlife is cornered and cowered, and the clash between nature and civilization is often tragic.
Gina Magid holds an MFA from Pratt Institute and has had two solo exhibitions with Feature Gallery in NYC. She lives and works in NYC.
Ieva Mediodia: Spleen and Ideal
Ieva Mediodia incorporates a futuristic, and sci-fi infused lexicon culled from sources as diverse as the film Barbarella to the 60's British journal Archigram. With fine linework and explosions of color on translucent denril, Mediodia's works evoke a future where violence seems to bloom alongside technological precision and obsession.
Ieva Mediodia holds an MFA from Hunter College. She has exhibited extensively in Europe; highlights include the 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art and the 6th Periferic Biennial in Romania. Mediodia has also had a solo exhibition with Annina Nosei Gallery In NYC. She lives and works in NYC and Vilnius, Lithuania
Anke Weyer: Revolt
Weyer's brooding abstract works are an invitation to reflect and also be consumed by beauty. Her paintings are spiritually linked to German expressionist painters such as Dix, Grosz and Kirchner. In "Never Again, War," Weyer makes a conscious nod to the artist, activist and feminist, Kathe Kollwitz. While mining her artistic predecessors' rich history, she reveals fresh insights, teetering between controlled linework and spontaneous gestures.
Anke Weyer is a graduate of the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Staedelschule, Frankfurt Germany and has had a solo exhibition with Canada Gallery, NY. She lives and works in NYC.
Debora Warner: Flowers of Evil
Debora Warner's multi-media works deal with the mechanics of obsession. For years, Warner has been creating sculptures of roses of every size shape and color. Directly inspired by Baudelaire's "the speech of flowers and other voiceless things," the sculpture "Black Magic" is a perfect talisman of longing.
Debora Warner is a graduate of the Empire State College studio program and has exhibited extensively in the US and Europe, including such venues as the New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC and the Schirn Kunsthalle. Debora Warner lives and works in NYC.
Ginna Triplett: Wine
Ginna Triplett incorporates images from fantasy worlds into frothy and seductive paintings. She appropriates from sources as diverse as Playboy, Victoria's Secret, and Disney, exploiting the similarities between children's cartoons and the world of pinups. Triplett examines how these estranged realms of imagery prescribe standards of femininity. By merging ideals and clichés of innocence, maternity and sexuality, the canvases comment on the problematic relationship between fantasy and reality.
Ginna Triplett holds a BFA from Cooper Union and has studied at the Academie Minerva, Groningen, and The Netherlands. She lives and works in NYC.
Mary Goldman Gallery is located at 932 Chung King Road in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. or by appointment. For further information, please contact the gallery at 213 617 8217 or email info@marygoldman.com. Visit www.marygoldman.com for more information. |
