Alison Blickle "Zabriskie Point"
Thierry Goldberg
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This exhibition of new work by Alison Blickle which is inspired by the aesthetic of the desert scenes in Michaelangelo Antonioni's film, "Zabriskie Point," in which a couple drive into Death Valley and have a mystical experience, the paintings depict solitary females, nude or partially clothed, in semi-lush, semi-desiccated landscapes. Blickle's own trip into the California Desert to see Zabriskie Point last year furthered her fascination for wild unadulterated environments, leading her to make this sequence of images, which explores the human longing for union with nature, and questions the possibility of the desire for transcendence. And so, while the paintings portray the desert as a place where one can "be free, to explore and experiment, and to be completely removed from the confines and rules of society," as the artist remarks, this very locus and symbol of freedom becomes something that risks being secluded to the realm of the imaginary. One is left to wonder whether the desire for a genuine and sustainable connection with the natural world is just another pipe dream?
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from October 15, 2010 to November 14, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-10-15 from 18:00 to 20:00