“Image-Painting-Text” Exhibition
Garis & Hahn
This event has ended.
Building upon the theory of structuralism, as developed by Roland Barthes, Image-Painting-Text
examines the systems of interpretation that take place throughout the lifetime of an artwork,
from the creative process to the viewing experience. As an experiment for the show, Stabler and
Buchina each exchanged five images—ranging from cult science fiction film stills to old
photographs unearthed from library archives—and created two new paintings inspired by this
source material. Adding a third perspective, writer Kouri shared five images with the artists and
contributed a text that will appear in vinyl on the gallery walls.
This exhibition will present new additions to Stabler’s neon painting series and cutout series, as
well as his latest cutout works, which combine elements of his earlier works to dramatic effect.
Extracting images from myriad sources, Buchina grounds figures in surreal landscapes or
arranges them hovering stunningly atop color planes. This will be the first time Buchina’s India
ink paintings will be featured in New York. Together, with Kouri, these two artists converge to
examine disparate modes of image making, uncovering the interrelation of mediums to reveal
the systems that inform visual culture.
William Buchina
Lust, Crime and Holiness #21, 2013
India ink on paper
32x44inches
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Schedule
from July 30, 2013 to August 31, 2013