NYAB Event - Sharon Horvath “Two Exhibitions”

Sharon Horvath “Two Exhibitions”

Lori Bookstein Fine Art

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Lori Bookstein Fine Art announces two exhibitions by Sharon Horvath. Sharon Horvath: Cosmicomics is on view in the main gallery and presents recent paintings by the artist. On view in Gallery II, Sharon Horvath: Varanasi Notebook presents recent drawings. This is the artist’s third solo-presentation at the gallery.

Sharon Horvath: Cosmicomics presents a series of new paintings ranging in scale from several inches to several feet. The show’s title is taken from Italo Calvino’s collection of stories by the same name. In his book, Calvino explores scientific conceits and the evolution of the universe by relating them to the ordinary interactions of common humanity. Even Calvino’s characters, which have such impossible-to-pronounce names as Qfwfq and Xlthlx, are abstracted notions of mathematical formulae and cellular structures that have been anthropomorphized into relatable characters that embark on otherwise other-worldly adventures.

Horvath’s recent paintings represent a very similar albeit homegrown and patch-worked mythology. In the work, newspaper photographs have been collaged into the otherwise dim holes of the paintings. They absorb themselves into the painted surfaces of the planetary orbs, almost as if they were firmly footed by gravitational force or cosmic accident. In others, the larger composition seems to be molded around particular, yet ostensibly unrelated life forms. Car armrests look like seal flippers and snakes appear to be filled with stars. Indeed, the artist draws her influence from such disparate sources as Indian Ragamala paintings, the abstract paintings of Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint, Sienese paintings and even the childhood memories of her parents’ collection of weavings, paintings and ceramic figurines.

In Gallery II, Sharon Horvath: Varanasi Notebook presents works on paper executed on the artist’s recent Fulbright-Nehru U.S. Scholar Grant to India (during Horvath’s sabbatical from Purchase College, SUNY 2013-14.) The series are named for the sacred city of Varanasi where most of the drawings were executed during a stay at the Kriti Gallery residency and for the towns where the Indian ledger paper was purchased. Works on paper on view are selections from the three series: the Varanasi Notebook, Khajuraho Notebook, and Sanganar Notebook.

Media

• Painting
• Drawing

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