Gretl Bauer "Works On Paper / Sculpture"
Phoenix Gallery
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Gretl Bauer uses paper in subtle and surprising ways: perforating it, threading through it, folding it or crumpling it, with results that are compelling and mysterious. At the same time, her layers of threaded lines have a cumulative power - they are oases of stillness, even as they beckon us to move closer and intrigue us with shifting perception as we pass. Bauer is concerned with the capturing of light, yet paradoxically, regardless of the material she employs her work makes us aware of light's immateriality. This evanescence is suggestive of place and memory, of time's fleetness, of the world's fragility and our own. Anodyne to chaos, these works are spare and lyrical invitations to attentiveness. Also on view are sculptures of metal, stone, wood and thread as well as related wall pieces of crumpled newsprint.
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Schedule
from April 27, 2011 to May 21, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-04-28 from 18:00 to 20:00