Al Wadzinski "The Greatest Show on Earth"
NY Studio Gallery
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NY Studio Gallery presents Al Wadzinski's second solo show in New York. Wadzinski creates zoomorphic assemblages using found objects of every material - valuable, mundane, cast-offs, delicate or impermeable, reclaimed from salvage yards, garage sales and alleys. The Greatest Show on Earth employs the artist's signature style to explore the sensational world of circus entertainment and historical freak shows.
Wadzinski, a Native - American, is fascinated by the relationship between the diverse objects, finding relationships both symbolic and absurd. His research into the exhibition theme revealed a bizarre and often tragic cast of characters, both human and animal, upon which to base his fantastic creations. "I was drawn to the circus theme," explains the artist, "because it is an imagined world of fabricated reality. I relate to this because as an artist, I am a fabricator. The objects in the work are manipulated and distorted, paralleling the surreal world of the circus and its appeal to the human psyche."
A Tribal Member of the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohicans, Al Wadzinski is currently living in Minneapolis.
[Image: Al Wadzinski "Gargantua" mixed media, approx. 96 x 60 x 72 in.]
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Schedule
from December 17, 2009 to February 06, 2010
Closing Reception on 2010-02-03 from 19:00 to 21:00
Public Reception 7-9pm. RSVP by February info@nystudiogallery.com