"Geometric Illusion" Exhibition
Frederico Sève Gallery/latincollector
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The artists in "Geometric Illusion" use the phenomenon of illusion in atypical ways to ask questions and expand the conversation of the aesthetic. It is a show that explores the use of illusionism in abstract art from a variety of different positions. The subtle dialogues around illusion that exist at the edges of conversations about abstract art, in lieu of the suppositional norm that still resists this important topic, clearly straddle both formal and social engagement. While Omar Rayo’s use of trompe-l’oeil makes illusion a very obvious issue in his work, most of these artists negotiate illusion in much more indirect ways. For example, the physical position of the viewer becomes engaged in the works of Herrera, Jobim, Soto & Soriano. Carmen Herrera’s 1974 painting, "Alternative in Black & White," the painted side of the painting informs the composition such that it feels best viewed from off to the side. Soto & Elizabeth Jobim both imply that a moving viewer is as acceptable as a still one. Further still, Peter Soriano’s leaning two-sided drawing can picked-up and turned around. Some, like Fanny Sanin, Angela Freiberger & Tony Bechara, comment on the shifting nature between position & perception-- either intellectually, semantically or physically. Works like Sanin’s "Acrylic No. 3," 1993, ask you to enter into a minimal space outside of any reference of experience. The illusion then becomes one of the subconscious. Freiberger uses a double entendre, a kind of visual/linguistic illusion, of the heart and the female form in her photograph, "Heart with Hand." While, Bechara’s work "Le Rouge et le Noir," composed of a blanket of small squares, resists composition when viewed close-up, and then reveals itself when a certain distance from the work is had. The conversations that visibly articulated through minimalism and abstraction are clearly engaged in illusionism. Illusionism is used for social and intellectual engagement simultaneously and is often very subtle.
[Image: Jesus Rafael Soto "incliné blue et noir" painted wood, aluminum and nylon strings 17 x 15 x 1.5 in.]
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Schedule
from March 25, 2010 to April 17, 2010