"Of Mind, Body & Soul" Exhibition
Fowler Project Space
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The exhibition presents works that address the theme of questioning and exploring the self, bringing together a diverse cross-section of the current Brooklyn arts scene. Each artist was selected for their singular approach to the title subject. Carolina Duque, Katya Grokhovsky, J.F. Lynch, Ellie Murphy, Caitlin Peluffo, Katarina Riesing, and Ryan Turley uniquely explore deep and critical relationships with themselves. These works, many of which were created specifically for this exhibition, allow for an insight into each artist's psyche, but they also pose broader questions of an individual's internal relationship with the self.
Carolina Duque arrived at her current body of work through the search for a closer connection between her artwork and her daily living. Addressing questions about being a female artist, Duque aims for a sense of intimacy and warmth in her work. Each piece speaks to the care and delicate nature involved in the creation of something, or someone. Duque received an MFA from Boston University in 2008 and a BA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2004. She has attended artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Chautauqua Center for the Arts, and the Beijing School of Art in China.
Katya Grokhovsky explores themes in her work that stem from her experience of life in the East and West under different political regimes. Aesthetically and historically, Grokhovsky pulls from the languages of cultural clichés, dance, art history, cinematic genres, feminist theory, and current world events. Often, she facilitates participatory live situations, where the audience takes precedence as a participant and her body is accessed as a ground of conflict and public property. Grokhovsky received an MFA in 2011 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Most recently, Grokhovsky was an artist in residence at Robert Wilson' s Watermill Center.
J.F Lynch’s drawings are visual descriptions of the act of perception. Each picture is based on a sudden moment of clarity – an epiphany. These moments all share the common trait of having something familiar redefined. For example, the unrelenting rigidity of a tile floor when you thought the staircase had one more step. These are moments when we learn how to see, when defined reality is culled from the abstract. Lynch received his MFA with distinction from Pratt institute in 2011, received his BFA from the Art Institute of Boston in 2002, and studied classical technique at the Lorenzo De'Medici Art Institute of Florence, Italy.
Ellie Murphy’s braided works are about the relationship between personal and cultural nostalgia. Combining references to doll hair, crafts, folk motifs and Americana from her 1970’s childhood in Kansas with aspects of Modern, Conceptual, Multicultural and Feminist art, Murphy uses the process of braiding as a way of playing with the unintended and humorous connections between them. Murphy received an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis. Most recently, Murphy has shown at Bennington College, VT, at Artists Curated Projects in Los Angeles, and at Norte Maar, Storefront, Famous Accountants, and Privateer in Brooklyn, New York.
Caitlin Peluffo’s time spent participating in competitive athletic environments has resulted in her current exploration of the internal struggle between the girl and the jock. Driven by the insecurities of this conflict, Peluffo deals with the separation in her own personality between a gentle and agreeable female and the embodiment of a strong and overpowering athlete. Using metaphors drawn from competitive sports, Peluffo explores physically her emotional and mental sensitivities, subjecting herself to sustained and often rhythmic physical actions. Peluffo received an MFA from Pratt Institute in 2011.
Exploring identity through memories, histories and the interpretations of others, Katarina Riesing traverses the expansive terrain of the self-portrait using multiple media including video, performance, photography and drawing. In recent works Riesing has sought the help of others to define and create her portrait – through the memory of family, friends, and strangers, and most currently through new age practices such as palmistry, aura readings and astrology. In 2009, Riesing received an MFA from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and she received a BA from Smith College. Riesing has exhibited her work internationally.
Ryan Turley has developed a body of work that deals with notions of the taboo, underground behaviors, and activities and traditions associated with discriminated and oppressed groups of people. Through understanding and analysis of "flash bulb" memories or flashbacks, Turley intends to encourage introspection and further dialogue concerning sexuality, identity and sexual orientation. Ryan Turley recently graduated with his MFA in Sculpture from The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Turley has shown in the United States as well as abroad focussing on sculpture and installation works that deal with issues relating to sex, sexuality and gender issues.
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Schedule
from February 10, 2012 to February 26, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-02-10 from 19:00 to 22:00