Alice Maher "Godchildren of Enantios"
David Nolan Gallery
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Alice Maher’s imaginary world is rich in references to myth and legend. Attracted to the notion of extremes, to dialectical forces battling themselves out, Maher embraces all at once the beautiful and the grotesque, the decorative and the minimal, the sweet and the menacing. Maher’s work investigates the Jungian term ‘enantiodromia’ (from the Greek word enantios meaning ‘opposite’), a theory that the superabundance of any force produces its opposite. In fairy tales, the narrative is primarily concerned with good versus evil but in Maher’s work, opposites often overlap and merge with each other to form a new and alternative tale with limitless permutations of theme and outcome.
[Image: Alice Maher 2010 "Still from 'Goldchildren of Enantion" Dvd with sound by Trevor Knight 6: 41 mins]
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Schedule
from February 10, 2011 to March 16, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-02-10 from 18:00 to 20:00