"C YA!" Exhibition

NOoSPHERE

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NOoSPHERE Arts, an artist-run, nonprofit exhibition and performance venue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, presents C YA! showcasing Ingrid Berven and Lillian Presthus, curated by Bjørn Inge Follevaag.

C YA! – short for see you – is not only a parting comment, but also acknowledgement that somebody has noticed another person. In turn, it may also represent an outside observer looking at the world, but not sharing in it. Berven & Presthus allow us to share in what they have observed, leaving us to analyze, consider, accept or reject their observations.

In her deconstruction and transformation project, Lillian Presthus started shredding her old paintings into thin strips before weaving them together as new work. Meticulously, she tore up years’ worth of family portraits, then reassembled the pieces to re-stitch the remains with methodical precision and dogged efforts. The result is a whole new series of work where slices of life can be glimpsed in-between the interwoven strips of canvas. The original themes vanished. Through a painful process, what used to be cohesive works speaking of identity and remembrance became fragments of narratives and shards of identity.

Ingrid W. Berven questions authority and the art world. In her videos, she becomes an outside observer of a system that defines art on her behalf. She comments on the power structures of the art world; the curators, market mechanisms and issues of integrity. In her videos, through the lens of her camera and in her installations, the artist casts herself as the spectator. Her comments on the heavy hand of the market are highly relevant. Berven also works with themes of identity and belonging. She offers insights into the world we live in; our consumerism, lifestyle, shallowness and greed. Acute observations of life, Berven’s pieces make us reflect on the systems of which we all are part.

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Schedule

from November 02, 2012 to November 25, 2012

Opening Reception on 2012-11-02 from 18:00 to 20:00

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