Carla Goldberg and Elisa Pritzker "Aqua Firma"

Skylight Gallery NYC

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Carla Goldberg has always been fascinated with the movement of water and of light on, in and within that movement. Dripping and swirling multiple layers of resin and pigment on plexi, with the addition of other elements that suggest bubbles, foam or spindrift tossed off by swiftly running water, Goldberg captures the rippling depths of a river primeval. These recent works all use the clear panels mounted slightly off of the wall, so light bounces through her pieces, casting multiple shadows on the wall and reflecting light back through the pieces from behind, to great ethereal effect. Arrangement of elements within or through repetition in multiples show off the artist’s more frisky side, as the pieces tease and play with the viewer, begging for permission to unfreeze and drench us in a sumptuous spray or bubbling trickle.

Elisa Pritzker
Argentinean born Elisa Priztker plays dress up with nature, literally and digitally. She calls her deep connection with nature “mimetic” but also concedes to much of nature being a mystery beyond her grasp. Her photographs document installations done in nature, of cut tree trunk pieces given an article of human clothing. Small logs wear boots, try to shimmy into (or out of?) blue jeans, or get caught skittering across the grass in their skivvies, in panties. Where her imagination supersedes physical reality, she calls on her digital media skills to “sew” zippers onto rivers, concealing and revealing different vistas beneath. Her images are at first cheeky, but also haunting, hinting at how man puts his world view artificially onto nature, and how, given the chance and a bit of magic, nature might respond.

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from October 10, 2011 to November 12, 2011

Opening Reception on 2011-10-13 from 18:00 to 21:00

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