Chie Fueki Exhibition
Mary Boone Gallery (Midtown)
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For this new group of paintings, Chie Fueki uses likenesses of her friends as a vehicle for constructing imagined, anthropomorphized space. Although the works operate as representational, nearly life-size full-body portraits, their configuration is derived not from observation, but from geometric exercise: perspectives fluctuate; volumes collapse, stretch and fold; and matter is agitated into planes of pattern and color that re-align into cohesive images. Elements of Fueki’s multi-cultural background are evident in her distinctive technique. From her native Japan, she adopts the traditional materials of ink wash and mulberry paper ground. One also detects the pervasive spirituality of Shinto, flattened space of Ukiyo-e, or even the metamorphosizing folds of origami. Bright color and intricately patterned surfaces are prompted by her upbringing in Brazil, where folk arts similarly celebrate with flamboyance the unremarkable activities of daily life.
[Image: Chie Fueki "Jackie and Tom" (2010) acrylic, mixed media, paper/wood 84 x 48 in.]
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Schedule
from March 24, 2011 to April 30, 2011