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Friday, October 5, 2007

Seen at First Thursday

posted by on October 5 at 9:30 AM

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That’s one of 100 9-by-6-inch intaglio prints in the series What Might Go Wrong by Jennifer Zwick. Her first solo show, at Soil through Oct. 28, is called I’m So Scared/It’s All So Hard, and it’s “about anxiety, awkwardness, and the accidental comedy of bodies, yours and mine.”

Here’s her comical tribute to the continuous strangeness of breasts. It’s called Hello.

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At Howard House, Matthew Offenbacher, Robert Yoder, and Sean M. Johnson are showing. Yoder seems to be beginning to admit photographic imagery into his abstractions (his tiny bits of photographs look more and more legible with each time I’ve seen his work recently).

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And this piece by Johnson has a certain lightness I didn’t see in any of his previous works at HH. It’s called Brothers, and the top nightstand rests on the bottom one by virtue of the weight of books and CDs in the open drawer.

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Katrina Moorhead is at James Harris Gallery. The Northern Irish artist works with an almost unbearable delicacy. She shows three paintings and a pair of finely crafted wooden DeLorean car doors. The car was manufactured in Belfast, where the factory had two entrances, one for Protestants, one for Catholics. Her memorial to the fallen company echoes her country’s divisions.

I only wish there were more than just three of her paintings on display. Here’s one, titled You Sat Alone, Reykjavik (2007):

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And I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Greg Kucera Gallery, where the front rooms are flooded with a knockout display of prints and tapestries by Chuck Close. Here’s an installation view, with his tapestry portraits of Philip Glass and Kiki Smith on the right:

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In the back room and upstairs are the furniture sculptures and photographic collages by Drew Daly (who’s talking at the gallery at noon on Saturday). A few in particular drew me in:

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Fourlean

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Mirror Merge (there’s also a virtual version of this made with two chairs and a mirrored corner)

UPDATE: Originally I posted that there were Close paintings at Kucera, but there aren’t (some of those prints are thick!). And the tapestry portrait is of Kiki Smith, not Cindy Sherman. Please forgive. It was late, I swear.

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Serious question: How do you get the photos? Do the gallery owners allow journalists to take photos for use in their publications? I've sneaked a few photos of artworks I like once in a while, but always feel guilty doing so. Do galleries generally allow photos to be taken, or not?

Posted by Dr_Awesome | October 5, 2007 9:56 AM
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It's a bit misleading to say "separate entrances for Protestants and Catholics" without the context. The factory was situated in between two neighborhoods, and the entrances were for geographical convenience, not sectarian segregation. Protestants and Catholics were certainly not prohibited from using the other door -- it just wasn't going to or from their neighborhoods. Otherwise, half the workforce would have to walk all the way around the building. The segregation was in the neighborhoods, not the factory. Delorean was actually intended as an economic boon to reduce sectarian divisions through economic development.

Posted by Fnarf | October 5, 2007 10:29 AM
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looks like a great group of shows this time around. Jennifer Zwick's prints hit the sweet-spot between funny and heart-breaking.

Posted by boxofbirds | October 5, 2007 10:29 AM
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When I see those awesome pieces by drew daly i can't help but think,

"Roy McMakin eat your fucking heart out!"

This guy does everything roy tries to do, and fails. these pieces are fantastic! so much motion. so much life! I can't wait to see this show in person.

Posted by terry miller | October 5, 2007 10:50 AM
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BOOBS ARE NSFW!!!

Posted by NSFW Troll | October 5, 2007 11:39 AM
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When you read the first paragraph of the post it looks like the tits are animated. Right?

Posted by Paulus | October 5, 2007 12:39 PM
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Dr Awesome: I get the photographs from the galleries themselves. Different galleries probably have different policies about photographing work, and you can just ask at the desk. Generally, I wouldn't feel too guilty unless you're using the images for something commercial. Artists and galleries want artworks seen.

Posted by Jen Graves | October 5, 2007 3:48 PM
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Focused by keeping the credit card line weight is as important to warrant.

Posted by Margaret R. Lim | October 17, 2007 1:24 PM

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