Naomi Campbell "Silent Harvest"
WHITE BOX
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"Silent Harvest," seen through the eye of the solitary traveler as revealing nightscapes and stark panoramas, immediately distances the viewer as dark monuments cleave the horizon through the speeding processional of progress. Set against a black wall in a dimly lit room, the exhibit combines traditional painting with modern installation. The monumental representation of industry is ironically compressed and transformed to a dotted band of pearls lining the room where the dark images are juxtaposed with the brilliant gems of light emitted from tiny windows and burning towers. This series of nocturnal landscapes by Naomi Campbell will be on display at White Box Projects. The result of a year's research and travel throughout the northeast, her work includes 26 small-scale oil paintings on canvas board and paper, mediums that contrast with the steel and brick of the subject matter and highlight the artist's long-term preoccupation with the fragility of life. Growing up amidst the industry that spans the Canadian landscape had a profound impact on Campbell's perception of transportation and industrialization and its effects on the people and the land. In the Silent Harvest series, Campbell's representation of these brooding and silent industrial sites reflects on the past and anticipates the future.
[Image: Naomi Campbell "Untitled" oil on board 9.75 x 19 in.]
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from March 09, 2010 to March 21, 2010