Zachary Wollard "Empty Collisions"
Larissa Goldston Gallery
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The exhibition consists of two series of paintings—landscapes and interiors—which depict fractured representations of complex fictive realms. The paintings on view explore syncretic, contemplative, dream-like scenes, inspired by imagery culled from tours of both India and Northern Europe over the past several years. Wollard cites work from folk art museums in Karnataka and Delhi, the Dr. Guislain museum as well as Van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece as influential.
The interiors, which Wollard refers to as “Psychic Architecture,” are the result of his fascination with 19th century glass structures and the conflation of the self-evident boundaries of interior and exterior space. Drawing parallels between these artificial spaces and the human mind, Wollard explores open-ended territory where imaginary histories and painterly inclinations merge.
In contrast, the landscapes are imagined geographies in which diverse personal and historical iconographies interact and interrupt narrative flow. They examine the simultaneity of multiple realities as they collude and collide in nature, offering whimsical, strange and otherworldly connections. The figures appear to interact with a kind of detached intimacy, empty of any pre-determined logical causality, allowing uncommon relationships to unfold openly.
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Schedule
from February 19, 2010 to March 27, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-02-19 from 18:00 to 20:00