Jane South "Deceptive Volume"
Queens Museum of Art
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From a distance, thousands of hand-painted lines give South's relief sculptures the impression of solidity. On closer inspection, however, their resemblance to industrial devices falls away. Clinging to the wall by paper hooks and straight pins, these machines are incapable of producing anything. Using the delicate flatness of paper to mimic the apparent solidity of architectural, technological, and industrial forms, they question things we take for granted–what is tenuous and what is substantial, what will perish and what will stand the test of time. Once again confusing the signifiers of strength and frailty, South fools our expectations of what is fleeting and what is real.
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from August 10, 2008 to January 15, 2009