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Much madness is divinest sense |
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Written by Joe DiRosa
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Much madness is divinest sense
January 13 through February 12, 2005
Opening Reception
Thursday, January 13 from 6 to 8pm
www.cohanandleslie.com
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Caitlin Masley, Red Virus 3, 2005, site-specific wall drawing |
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We are pleased to announce a group exhibition of drawings by:
Jack Duplock
Judith Eisler
Rob Fischer
Joseph Grigely
Robert Gutierrez
Chris Hanson & Hendrika Sonnenberg
Caitlin Masley
Frank Magnotta
Mike Paré
Ben Peterson
Dasha Shishkin
Tam Van Tran
This show will feature an eclectic scope of work ranging from
monumental wall drawings by Caitlin Masley and Dasha Shishkin, to small
paintings and drawings on paper by Robert Gutierrez and Judith Eisler,
to a large painting on paper in beet juice by Tam Van Tran. Included
work focuses on various themes and ideas, ranging from architecture,
nature, horror films and the figure.
The exhibition's appropriates the first line of an Emily Dickinson
poem, in which the writer compares madness and sanity: the convictions
of the majority constitute reason and sense, whereas those who dissent
are considered irrational and "wrong". The text is a short and clear
view onto the individual and his/her desire to express his/her own
ideas in the face of societal pressure to conform. The artist, who
creates and walks the proscribed path, is the ultimate vehicle of
Dickinson's divine madness.
This exhibition will remain on view through 12 February at 138 Tenth
Avenue (between 18th and 19th Streets), Tuesday through Saturday from
10 to 6pm. For more information or images please call 212-206-8710 or
log on to www.cohanandleslie.com. |
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