Virginia Overton Exhibition
The Kitchen
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The Kitchen presents a solo exhibition of new works by artist Virginia Overton. In her large-scale sculpture and installations, Overton uses raw building materials as well as common images within the conditions of a given exhibition space. Curated by Matthew Lyons.
Overton practices an economy of materials, using and re-using them as they naturally decay into non-use. Through such continual use of objects and images, Overton’s work creates a sense of ad-hoc fragility. In effect, the artist sets up provisional relationships between sculptures and the surrounding architecture, with audiences’ heightened awareness of weight-bearing loads, for instance, underscoring how objects and images have been asked to perform in this context. Holding traces of past use and process, Overton’s materials become more than just “raw.”
Raised on a farm in Tennessee, Overton’s inherent pragmatism stands out as an element in her work, giving it a specific kind of directness. Her intuitive process involves a three-pronged approach involving the artist, available materials/images, and the space; and confronts how these three elements that construct the exhibition experience work together.
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Schedule
from March 21, 2012 to May 06, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-03-21 from 18:00 to 20:00