Katy Fischer and Matthew Fischer “Lost and Found”
Louis B. James Gallery
[Image: Katy Fischer "Shard(s)" (2014) glazed porcelain and stoneware ceramics, dimensions variable.]
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Louis B. James presents Lost and Found, a two-person show with new paintings by Matthew Fischer and sculpture by Katy Fischer. Each artist explores a spatial relationship between objects and shapes in very distinct ways.
Many of Matthew Fischer’s paintings are pure abstraction, dealing with color, composition and form. However he has taken to upending the formal process through the inclusion of personal and re-discovered objects, hinting at the recollection of a history otherwise unknown to the viewer: what appears to be left over becomes integral to the work. Symbolism abounds in the work: yellow as the sun and growth, a nest as a reference to nature, the chair as a nod to cubism and the interior, a ubiquitous trope in French painting. The paintings themselves – with or without objects – recall a certain vintage, again, something discovered or rescued, even something as intangible as a lost memory.
Together the sculptural pieces of Katy Fischer and the paintings of Matthew Fischer create an encompassing installation winking at the idea of a museum installation filled with thrift store treasures.
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Schedule
from March 24, 2016 to May 01, 2016