Alyson Shotz "Phase Shift"

Derek Eller Gallery

poster for Alyson Shotz "Phase Shift"

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For her fourth solo show at the gallery, Alyson Shotz continues to investigate issues of perception and space with highly sophisticated sculptures that challenge the viewer's visual acuity in striking and captivating ways.

This exhibition includes Equilibrium, a monumental hanging sculpture consisting of approximately 500 strands of piano wire covered in silvered glass beads, which spill from the ceiling to the floor in curvilinear forms shaped primarily by gravity. Also on view, Thread Drawing #3 (Wave) is a large-scale sculptural relief made from thread meticulously interwoven through hundreds of pins on the wall. The parallel and intersecting lines of string merge into geometric shapes and patterns, recalling the gestural lines of a two-dimensional drawing.

Shadows are also an important element of Suspension, another hanging sculpture. Constructed by varying lengths of stainless steel wire capped by glass beads, which are intertwined to form a web of luminous branches, Suspension creates a dynamic pattern of shadows on the wall. Lastly, a work entitled Phase Shift consists of thousands of hand-cut plastic magnifying lenses arranged incrementally on stainless steel wires that radiate from one corner of the gallery's north room. The placement of the lenses is carefully executed so that each disc reflects upon those around it, revealing a unique perspective of the surrounding space.

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Schedule

from February 27, 2009 to April 04, 2009

Opening Reception on 2009-02-27 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Alyson Shotz

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