Kirsten Deirup " Dogsbody"
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
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Kirsten Deirup’s paintings explore a territory where theater, religious reverie and dystopia comingle. Accentuating uneasy relationships between reality, the subconscious and artifice, Deirup renders disjointed stage sets as portraiture that remain void of direct figuration. Playing upon the ineluctable flatness of the surfaces, Deirup’s irrational portraits invite confusion as she oscillates between the uses of two- and three-dimensional space.
Incorporating uncanny juxtapositions and non sequitur into her practice, Deirup develops obscure psychological and physical arenas that offer a wry critique on the catalysts that
trigger religious impulses. Constructing her own alters and shrines through seemingly arbitrary object placement, Deirup seeks to inspire her own modals of reverie. Heaps of detritus are found within these sets, or shrines, which thrive and allude to religious idols through their exacted placement. These objects represent dogsbodies, as they remain humble and devout despite their compositions and tasks, much like our venerated saints.
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Schedule
from February 14, 2009 to March 22, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-02-14 from 18:00 to 20:00