Sarah Bednarek, Julie Oppermann, Karin Waskiewicz Exhibition
Schroeder Romero & Shredder
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Schroeder Romero presents Sarah Bednarek, Julie Oppermann, Karin Waskiewicz, featuring three young artists using unconventional techniques exploring color, pattern, perception and physicality. Applying concepts ranging from mathematics and science to color theory, these artists create works alive with energetic compositions and unexpected forms that are part organic yet calculated.
Sarah Bednarek's sculptures explore volume, pattern, and repetition. Using the Voronoi diagram (the technique that enables the division of multi-dimensional spaces into subspaces), these works use planar elements to manifest form by carving holes in the planes. Bednarek begins with an origami model and the forms are based on tessellation and a repeated pattern of folding, and the resulting wood sculptures are created by folding flat planes into forms. They take on "ideal" mathematical forms such as the torus and hyperbola, however, the works are provisional as they contend with material and the exigencies of reality. Bednarek received an MFA in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond in 2005. She lives and works in Brooklyn.
Julie Oppermann's Moire paintings investigate visual perception using interface patterns and color juxtapositions to highlight the subjective nature of experience. Drawing from her background in neuroscience, interest in perception and cognition, and study in Color Theory, her brightly colored, scintillating paintings recall the psychedelic, while maintaining a strong conceptual rigor. Moiré interference patterns emerge where the lines intersect and Oppermann manipulates these to create movement, vibration and energy within the composition. Oppermann will have an upcoming solo exhibition at Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany. She is an MFA candidate at Hunter College, New York and received and MA in Neuroscience at UC Berkeley. She was awarded a residency at the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo in 2012 and is currently studying at the Universität der Künste Berlin as part of the Hunter College exchange program.
Karin Waskiewicz's paintings directly address the physical properties of painting utilizing both conventional and unconventional methods. Waskiewicz's process beings with acrylic paint applied in thick layers creating a collection of colors to later be unveiled. After the layers are applied, one mark is made. Every mark is a reaction to the shape, placement, and color of the previous marks made. The painting emerges from dry paint as she carves away, excavating the thick surface, intuitively revealing and investigating the depth of the paint, creating a world in paint alone. These paintings reflect formations found in the natural world and the shapes created are both organic and formulated. The repetition of marks connects visually and gives the paintings a vibrational quality and mimic movement. Waskiewicz is an MFA candidate at Iowa University, Iowa City and in 2012 received a BFA in painting with a minor in art history at Kent State University, Ohio. Her work has been exhibited at the Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland.
[Image: Julie Oppermann "Moire 1113" (2011) Acrylic on canvas, 82 x 74 in.]
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Schedule
from April 26, 2012 to June 02, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-04-26 from 18:00 to 20:00