"The Visitor" Exhibition
Black & White Gallery / Project Space
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The title of the show is suggestive of the cult sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie. In the context of the show the viewer is the Visitor, an Other who is invited to penetrate the artists' seemingly fantastical but plausible realms in an attempt to save his own personal home planet.
Hayden Fowler’s hedonistic environments numb our senses and challenge the art-historical notion of the Gaze in a post-apocalyptic dimension. Void of any timeline, Fowler’s hermetic world decontextualizes art-historical imagery and ideas within a Sci-Fi narrative. Kathy Grayson’s pixilated technique reminds us that everything we perceive comes from and is made up of multiple dimensions and realities. Grayson’s break down of mass leaves us with a sample of what once was or will turn into. Laura O’Reilly manipulates sound samples and explores the infinite possibilities of the human voice. In our age of endless media and over connection, O’Reilly explores the endless loop of information that is put out while sending out her own signals into the universe. The Loop becomes a portal that reconciles space and time. Matt Jones’s paintings pull us into the infinite abyss of the unknown universe. Suggestive of a peep hole, Jones’s space paintings introduce hidden layers of narratives and dimensions. Micki Pellerano’s captivating drawings explore psychological neuroses, rites of passage, and alchemical allegories in apocalyptic proportion. Whereas Micki’s drawings take one on a journey of one's inner self, the collaborative work of Cameron Michel and Vashti Windish reveals an imaginary world where one can feel, wear and physically experience. Cameron and Vashti present a collection of images and artifacts of a world that lives deep in our solar system. They bring to our attention a system and way of life that might be currently alien to us but will soon have to be accepted as the norm.
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Schedule
from June 01, 2012 to July 01, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-06-01 from 18:00 to 21:00