Brian Wondergem "Tortured Sleep"
chashama Window Space (266 W 37th St. )
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Loosely based on Henry Fuseli's painting 'the Nightmare', Brian Wondergem's installation piece, 'Tortured Sleep' uses homemade fishing poles and various found items to insinuate a ghastly scene. The wooden poles hang on the walls and the lines extend down into found bedding. The various bait hooks into the blankets and provides for a setting where sleep would seem treacherous or at least extremely uncomfortable. This piece equates the unconscious dream state to the physical state of the body during sleep. The bedding and the dreamer have a symbiotic relationship. Here the artwork is an assemblage of found and childlike creations. The blankets are provided for the audience to imagine walking into their dreams. about the piece
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Schedule
from January 24, 2009 to January 31, 2009
On view: 9am - 6pm.
Opening Reception on 2009-01-24 from 16:00 to 20:00