NYAB Event - Jennifer Murray, Andrea DeFelice, Lori Larusso and Sarah Kaufman Exhibition

Jennifer Murray, Andrea DeFelice, Lori Larusso and Sarah Kaufman Exhibition

Porter Contemporary

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Through landscapes and more figurative representations of space, BADLAND engages with themes of manipulation, ownership, surveillance, secrecy, alteration/control of land, and animals as totemic symbols of the fabrication of human lives.

Jennifer Murray’s work, which often uses animals to communicate her message, combines landscapes and figures often reflecting a juxtaposition between natural versus artificial. Andrea DeFelice engages sight, sound, movement and space through mechanical creations and videos to depict boundaries, significance and uselessness. The artists works perfectly compliment each other exploring common issues of the “proclaimed value”, surveillance and accessibility.

Sarah Kaufman’s photography looks at habitat through three different bodies of work. In one series, the interiors represent both the physical space of the home and a more elusive idea of being at home often depicting the nude alone. In another series we see the battle begin between space and human living as the human element is swallowed up by domesticity. Finally, in her most recent series, she breaks free from the confines of home altogether and instead her characters engage broadly with nature and environment as bathers and are swallowed completely by a more vast construction of mother nature herself.

Through painting, Lori Larusso takes a different perspective on habitats. Larusso focuses on the micro human habitat of banality, regularity and the confines of daily living. Through each painting there is a window into human life. Sometimes, just a glimpse into a happy moment as in Sink Kitties above unveils also the precarious nature of the moment as water could come down at any moment. These works often have a touch of humor, even a little sadistic humor at times.

Media

• Painting
• Photography

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