Michelle Forsyth
26 February - 5 April, 2010
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http://www.hogarcollection.com
In her second solo exhibition at the gallery, Forsyth will present works on paper exploring a mediation between past and present that raises questions about the continued depiction of violence media-driven documentation of media-driven documentation
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Michelle Forsyth
Over & Over
February 26 –April 5, 2010
Opening reception:
Friday February 26, 6-9 p.m.
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The Hogar Collection is pleased to present Over & Over, new work
by Canadian born and Washington State based artist Michelle Forsyth.
Her second solo show at the gallery, Over & Over will include eleven
new works on paper from three bodies of work including One Hundred Drawings,
Ostinatos, and Text Work.
In One Hundred Drawings and Ostinatos Forsyth continues her documentation
of historic sites of disaster. Instead of relying on images of spectacle,
she has traveled to these places and documented things left behind.
Fleeting presences—such as clouds floating overhead or wildflowers
growing along the road—are the focus of this work. Using a process
that is part requiem and part cathartic obsession, she translates these
nearby presences into thousands of sinuous loops of undulating color,
intricately cut and stacked paper flowers, and minute hand stitches
to evoke ideas about memory, loss and grief.
In Text Work, Forsyth has scoured many old newspapers for written information.
She has noted many poetic passages that conjure graphic images of their
own. Punching quotes from these sources, which include eyewitness testimonies
and first-hand accounts, into single sheets of white paper, Forsyth
has left us with a lacey absence that provides a quiet counterpoint
in this exhibition.
Seven historical disasters bind the work in Over & Over including:
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse, The Frank Slide, The Hoboken Pier
Fire, The Ripple Rock Explosion, Hurricane Hazel, Great Fires of 1947,
and The New Carissa Wreck. Forming a historical backdrop for the work,
the narrative accounts of each event do not overshadow the work, rather
they act as a counterpoint to her own experiences at each site. In this
mediation between past and present, Forsyth’s work raises questions
about the continued depiction of violence in media-driven documentation
of historical events.
Born in Vancouver, BC in 1972, Michelle Forsyth holds an MFA from Rutgers
University (New Brunswick, NJ) and a BFA from the University of Victoria
(Victoria, BC). Her work has been included in numerous group and solo
exhibitions across north America and abroad, most notably at Zaum Projects
(Lisbon, Portugal); The Hogar Collection (Brooklyn, NY); The Hunterdon
Museum of Art (Clinton, NJ); The Charleston Heights Arts Center (Las
Vegas, NV); Deluge Contemporary Art (Victoria, BC); Mercer Union (Toronto,
ON); Third Avenue Gallery (Vancouver, BC); Truck Contemporary Art (Calgary,
AB); The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane, WA); and The
Kirkland Art Center (Seattle, WA). She has been the recipient of a number
of grants and awards including two project awards from the Canada Council
for the Arts, a GAP grant from Artist Trust, and in 2007 she was awarded
second prize in the William and Dorothy Yeck award for young painters
competition at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Forsyth’s work
is featured in Carte Blanche, Vol. 2 - Painting, a survey of the current
state of Canadian painting
*For more information or images please contact Todd Rosenbaum (director)
at 718.388.5022.
Gallery Hours: Thursdays – Mondays ~ 12- 7 and by appointment
Above image: Ripple Rock Explosion, Discovery Passage, BC, April 5,
1958
Watercolor, gouache, screen-print, beads and sequins on cut watercolor
paper
28 x 42 inches, 2010.
Opening Reception Sponsored
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Michelle Forsyth ~ "Over and Over"
26 February - 5 April, 2010
w:
http://www.hogarcollection.com
In her second solo exhibition at the gallery, Forsyth will present works on paper exploring a mediation between past and present that raises questions about the continued depiction of violence media-driven documentation of media-driven documentation
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For
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Michelle Forsyth
Over & Over
February 26 –April 5, 2010
Opening reception:
Friday February 26, 6-9 p.m.
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The Hogar Collection is pleased to present Over & Over, new work
by Canadian born and Washington State based artist Michelle Forsyth.
Her second solo show at the gallery, Over & Over will include eleven
new works on paper from three bodies of work including One Hundred Drawings,
Ostinatos, and Text Work.
In One Hundred Drawings and Ostinatos Forsyth continues her documentation
of historic sites of disaster. Instead of relying on images of spectacle,
she has traveled to these places and documented things left behind.
Fleeting presences—such as clouds floating overhead or wildflowers
growing along the road—are the focus of this work. Using a process
that is part requiem and part cathartic obsession, she translates these
nearby presences into thousands of sinuous loops of undulating color,
intricately cut and stacked paper flowers, and minute hand stitches
to evoke ideas about memory, loss and grief.
In Text Work, Forsyth has scoured many old newspapers for written information.
She has noted many poetic passages that conjure graphic images of their
own. Punching quotes from these sources, which include eyewitness testimonies
and first-hand accounts, into single sheets of white paper, Forsyth
has left us with a lacey absence that provides a quiet counterpoint
in this exhibition.
Seven historical disasters bind the work in Over & Over including:
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse, The Frank Slide, The Hoboken Pier
Fire, The Ripple Rock Explosion, Hurricane Hazel, Great Fires of 1947,
and The New Carissa Wreck. Forming a historical backdrop for the work,
the narrative accounts of each event do not overshadow the work, rather
they act as a counterpoint to her own experiences at each site. In this
mediation between past and present, Forsyth’s work raises questions
about the continued depiction of violence in media-driven documentation
of historical events.
Born in Vancouver, BC in 1972, Michelle Forsyth holds an MFA from Rutgers
University (New Brunswick, NJ) and a BFA from the University of Victoria
(Victoria, BC). Her work has been included in numerous group and solo
exhibitions across north America and abroad, most notably at Zaum Projects
(Lisbon, Portugal); The Hogar Collection (Brooklyn, NY); The Hunterdon
Museum of Art (Clinton, NJ); The Charleston Heights Arts Center (Las
Vegas, NV); Deluge Contemporary Art (Victoria, BC); Mercer Union (Toronto,
ON); Third Avenue Gallery (Vancouver, BC); Truck Contemporary Art (Calgary,
AB); The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane, WA); and The
Kirkland Art Center (Seattle, WA). She has been the recipient of a number
of grants and awards including two project awards from the Canada Council
for the Arts, a GAP grant from Artist Trust, and in 2007 she was awarded
second prize in the William and Dorothy Yeck award for young painters
competition at Miami University in Oxford, OH. Forsyth’s work
is featured in Carte Blanche, Vol. 2 - Painting, a survey of the current
state of Canadian painting
*For more information or images please contact Todd Rosenbaum (director)
at 718.388.5022.
Gallery Hours: Thursdays – Mondays ~ 12- 7 and by appointment
Above image: Ripple Rock Explosion, Discovery Passage, BC, April 5,
1958
Watercolor, gouache, screen-print, beads and sequins on cut watercolor
paper
28 x 42 inches, 2010.
Opening Reception Sponsored
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Michael Behle ~ "Animal Faith"
9 April - 24 May, 2010
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http://www.hogarcollection.com
Referencing recognizable imagery ranging from the human figure, architecture to advertising, Michael Behle's newest works offer a reconfiguration into open ended metaphorical narratives where ambiguity supports the anti-absolute.
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The Hogar Collection is pleased to announce Animal
Faith by Michael Behle. In his debut New York solo exhibition
on view April 9 – May 24, Behle will present new cast bronze and toothpick
sculptures along with collage based works on paper that question constructed
belief systems based on ideas of tradition, superstitions and the comfort of
being included in a majority. The works reference recognizable imagery
ranging from the human figure, architecture and advertising and propose a
reconfiguration of open-ended metaphorical narratives where ambiguity supports
the anti-absolute. Tweaked into a
reality of subconscious thought, the works often deface the subjects;
metaphorically in the sculpture where imposing appendages awkwardly protrude
and embody the space of the figure creating surreal and often seemingly
uncomfortable predicaments. And in
a literal way his collage-based paintings deface and mark directly upon the
subjects to incorporate, cover and alter the definable imagery with a free from
molecular like patterning that creates new spatial environments with new
psychological subtexts. With an
honest and forthright manner, the metamorphosis Behle transposes upon his
subjects offer the viewer unexpected encounters into new perceptual experiences
that question established thought patterns and the implications of our societal
typifications.
Animal Faith takes it’s name from the writings, Skepticism and Animal Faith, by George Santayana where he explores epistemological
notions that contrast ideas existing between pedagogical academic knowledge,
which is gained through research and learned discussions, to the knowing and
common sensical type that is derived from a more intuitive and phenomenological
approach. The place where these
ideas exist, impact, shape and define our knowing lives is a driving force of
Behle’s curiosity. In his efforts
Behle poses a steadfast opposition to a world where absolutes can serve only to
stifle and hinder pure thought and radical exploration.
Michael Behle was born in 1974 and
currently lives and works in St. Louis. Mo. His works have been
exhibited at venues such as Laumeier Sculpture Park St. Louis MO, Phillips
de Pury New York, the Contemporary Museum of Art St. Louis, Art Resources
Transfer: New York, Next Art Fair in Chicago, the Mitchell Museum (Southern
Illinois Biennial) Mt. Vernon, IL and Sotheby's in New York among
others. He received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of
Art, an MFA from Rutgers University and was a Vermont Studio Center
resident.
Martin Reyna ~ New Paintings
28 May - 28 June, 2010
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http://www.hogarcollection.com
New works on paper and canvas that expand and meld Reyna's ongoing explorations of landscape, architecture, the void of nothingness and light. Reyna’s paintings in their utmost, celebrate the accident as a thing that can be masterfully controlled.
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The Hogar Collection is most pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings on paper and canvas by Martín Reyna. On view from May 28 through June 28, his second solo exhibition at the gallery will present new works that expand and meld his ongoing explorations of landscape, architecture, the void of nothingness and light. Reyna’s paintings in their utmost, celebrate the accident as a thing that can be masterfully controlled. With the use of minimal gestures his paintings provoke a poetic blurring of the distinction between recognizability, the purely abstract and the place where the two meet together in a dreamlike state. In both his heavily textured oils on canvas and his intricately woven watercolors, a most vivid use of color plays a vital role in the representation of metaphorical analogies of existence and creation. With the use of familiar yet mostly camouflaged imagery such as trees, geometrical shapes and spatial perspectives, the works pave a way into the convergence of a space where landscape meets an abstracted tapestry that weaves together and relies on the most miniscule of components to make up the whole. Refracting all of the possible colors of the spectrum into a transcendental space that is both contemplative and meditative, the prismatic qualities are fused to formulate and exude a metaphysical by-product where particles collide, explode and separate creating a unique and spiritual view of the universe.
Martín Reyna was born in 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and currently lives and works in Paris with his wife and daughter. His works have been exhibited internationally at such venues including the PROA Foundation in Buenos Aires, the National Museum of Fine arts in Buenos Aires, Center of Contemporary of Art in Figeac, France, Centro Candido Mendes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Adriana Rosenberg gallery in Buenos Aires, Jacob Karpio gallery in San Jose, Costa Rica, Cultural Center of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris, Center of Contemporary Art of Montbéliard in France, the Italian Latin-American Institute in Rome, Markus Winter gallery in Berlin, Kentler International Drawing Space in New York, Brun Leglise Gallery in Paris France, Scope Art Fair in London, Show Off Art Fair in Paris and ArteBA in Buenos Aires among others. He has received numerous prizes including an Arts Grant from Antorchas Foundation of Buenos Aires, the Jean-François Millet Prize of Painting, an honorable mention for the Costantini Prize from the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina, the New World Foundation Prize from the Museo Nacional de Bellas and a Gunther Prize of Paintings from CAYC in Buenos Aires.
above image: América Latina, watercolor on paper on canvas, 39 x 39 inches, 2009
*For more information or images please contact Todd Rosenbaum (director) at 718.388.5022.
Gallery Hours: Thursdays – Mondays ~ 12:30 - 7:00 pm and by appointment
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