review by: Owen Bay
theowenbay@gmail.com
Jennifer Davis painting have a subtle minimalistic approach, Davis tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she often creates work using creative game tactics, but these are never permissive. Play is a serious matter: during the game, different rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo distortions.
Her works never shows the complete structure. This results in the fact that the artist can easily imagine an own interpretation without being hindered by the historical reality.
Jennifer Davis Lucid Acrylic, charcoal & graphite on panel 12” x 16”David Ball:
David Ball is an artist who mainly works with mixed media. With a surreal approach, Ball tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
His surreal mixed media artworks are characterised by play as a serious matter: during the game, different rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo transubstantiation.
By examining the ambiguity and origination he tries to approach subjects in a multi-layered way, likes to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believes in the idea of function following form in a work.
David Ball Your Freedom Mixed media 16” x 20”Magen Kimber:
Kimber absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice. This personal follow-up and revival of a past tradition is important as an act of meditation.
Her paintings are an investigation into representations of (seemingly) concrete ages and situations as well as depictions and ideas that can only be realized in painting. By examining the ambiguity and origination via retakes and variations, she tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
Her works are based on situations: visions that reflect a sensation of indisputability and serene contemplation, combined with subtle details of odd or eccentric elements. By emphasising aesthetics, she wants the viewer to become part of the art as a kind of added component.
Her works sometimes radiate a cold and latent violence. At times, disconcerting beauty emerges. The inherent visual seductiveness, along with the conciseness of the exhibitions, further complicates the reception of their manifold layers of meaning. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she seduces the viewer into a world of ongoing equilibrium and the interval that articulates the stream of daily events. Moments are depicted that only exist to punctuate the human drama in order to clarify our existence and to find poetic meaning in everyday life.
Megan Kimber Hummingbird Ink & mixed medial 6” x 8”images from http://www.grayduckgallery.com
| David Ball, Jennifer Davis & Megan Kimber | |||||
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| opening reception: friday, february 22, 7-10pm | |||||
| exhibition dates: february 22 – march 30, 2013 | |||||
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