Sarah Hardesty "Imminent"
Maxwell Davidson Gallery/Davidson Contemporary
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The exhibition will feature new work in a variety of media, including paintings, works on paper, and sculptural installations.
Sarah Hardesty’s sculptures and installations use found and reclaimed wood, mason’s string and thread, and are almost always site-specific. The works hang from ceilings, emerge from floors, and penetrate walls. They feel precarious, as though they are about to tumble down, yet are serene in their taut stillness. The visual impression is one of both explosive force and magnetic attraction, as though the walls themselves are either erupting outward, or pulling inward.
In her paintings and drawings, Hardesty often depicts animals - usually birds - entwined with lines or covered with actual thread. The viewer is never certain whether the creatures, with their impeccably rendered silhouettes, are being ensnared by the artist’s delicate cross-hatching, or are liberating themselves from restraints.
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Schedule
from January 07, 2012 to February 11, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-01-10 from 17:30 to 19:30