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Margaret Withers, Oompop,
2011
watercolor, ink, enamel on paper
33 x 44
in
©
Margaret Withers
Identity Shift:
Migration, Identity and Belonging
13 May
to 13 June 2011
Francesca Arcilesi and Norma
Homberg in collaboration with Margaret
Withers are pleased to present Identity Shift:
Migration, Identity and Belonging on Friday, May 13th
from 6-9pm at Gowanus Print Lab in Brooklyn,
NY. The exhibition will feature a selection of works on paper,
a large ceramic installation, photography, and wall-mounted
sculptures.
"The
artists selected depict the emotional and physical aspects of
migrating from one place to another, whether the migration is
actual or imaginary. They deal with subjects such as
belonging, longing, and identity. There is an unnamable
terrain linking our memories, and we must constantly migrate
between the reality of the daily grind of our lives, and the
one created in our minds and art. Much of who we are is
defined by where we're from and how we process that change." -
Margaret Withers
Capturing a sense of connected motion by combining
realism and abstraction, Margaret Withers
helps us to identify a "shifting/migrating" world by
multiplying and imploding biomorphic imagery and teetering
telephone poles. The paintings of Jose Arenas
animate a sense of dislocation and collision of two worlds
with a series of individual vignettes, such as navigational
symbols/boats and birds flying in one direction as well as
decorative elements. Orchestrating vibrant colors and
employing a variety of techniques such as collage, charcoal,
colored pencil, and gold leaf, Erik Von
Ploennies creates organic pieces that examine the
rural in relation to the urban. His work reckons with the
concept of evolution, which allows living things to develop so
they can either thrive in their existing environment or travel
to another. Katie Griffin's work speaks of a
longing to migrate between reality and art. She sees the
latter as a life raft heading to a place where she belongs: "I
want some sliver of the world in my head to match the world I
live in."
Identity Shift: Migration, Identity and
Belonging will also feature works by Olivia Beans, Alex
Callender, Jamie Davis, Christina Freeman, Carly Ivan Garcia,
Max Greis, Keun Young Park, Nola Romano, Jesse Scaturro, Adam
Taye and Bedel Tiscareno.
FRANCESCA ARCILESI FINE
ARTS
at
Gowanus Print Lab
54
Second Avenue
Brooklyn, New York, NY 11215
T: +1
718-788-3930
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