NYAB Event - Adam Marnie, Tom Thayer, and Ruby Sky Stiler Exhibition

Adam Marnie, Tom Thayer, and Ruby Sky Stiler Exhibition

Derek Eller Gallery

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In a sequence of intimate photo collages and a large-scale wall installation, Adam Marnie uses flowers as flexible signifiers within an array of conversations. They connect to art history (from Dutch still-life to Mapplethorpe), as well as having everyday uses (weddings, funerals), and common thematic embodiments (sex, death, beauty, the passage of time).
Tom Thayer’s paper puppets and scenery are components of his surrealistic cutout animations. Framed and presented as collages, these compositions explore invented, private worlds. By-products of a lo-fi animation process in which Thayer uses antiquated post-production technology and incorporates his own experimental music, these collages have a functional history.
At first glance, Ruby Sky Stiler’s wall reliefs seem to be direct quotations from classical antiquity. In fact, she has cobbled together an incongruous pastiche of imagery and objects which reference a myriad of sources, both ancient and modern. To that end, Stiler explores the notion of authenticity: how it is perceived, creates value, and can prompt an atmosphere of authority surrounding an object.

Media

• Photography
• Other
• Sculpture

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