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LES FLEURS DU MAL Gina Magid, Ieva Mediodia, Ginna Triplett, Debora Warner, Anke Weyer Curated by Elizabeth Balogh March 17 – April 21, 2007
Mary
Goldman Gallery is pleased to announce an all-women group exhibition
Les Fleurs du Mal curated by Elizabeth Balogh. The exhibition will be
on view from March 17 through April 21, 2007. An opening reception
for the artists will be held on Saturday, March 17, from 6:00 pm to
8:00 pm.
This exhibition is inspired by "Les Fleurs du Mal," a
groundbreaking collection of poetry by Charles Baudelaire from the mid
19th century. Extremely important to both the symbolist and modernist
movements, the book was known for its classical form, "blasphemous"
passages, and caustic wit. The backlash created by his irreverent
ideas resulted in selective censorship, and the complete collection was
not published until 1949.
This assemblage of works pays
homage to Baudelaire by displaying characteristics that are at once
beautiful, sometimes decadent, and occasionally foreboding. The
exhibition follows the organizing principles of "Les Fleurs du Mal" by
referencing the concepts evoked from the chapter headings in the
collection. Each of these artists exhibits the qualities that
Baudelaire referred to as "extracting beauty from evil."
Gina Magid:Death
Gina
Magid presents images both seductive and troubling. Incorporating
sensuous fabrics, or painting on slabs of wood, Magid's works suggest
the compartmentalizing of nature. Ideas of suburban encroachment loom
on her canvases. Wildlife is cornered and cowered, and the clash
between nature and civilization is often tragic.
Gina Magid
holds an MFA from Pratt Institute and has had two solo exhibitions with
Feature Gallery in NYC. She lives and works in NYC.
Ieva Mediodia: Spleen and Ideal
Ieva
Mediodia incorporates a futuristic, and sci-fi infused lexicon culled
from sources as diverse as the film Barbarella to the 60's British
journal Archigram. With fine linework and explosions of color on
translucent denril, Mediodia's works evoke a future where violence
seems to bloom alongside technological precision and obsession.
Ieva
Mediodia holds an MFA from Hunter College. She has exhibited
extensively in Europe; highlights include the 8th Baltic Triennial of
International Art and the 6th Periferic Biennial in Romania. Mediodia
has also had a solo exhibition with Annina Nosei Gallery In NYC. She
lives and works in NYC and Vilnius, Lithuania
Anke Weyer: Revolt
Weyer's
brooding abstract works are an invitation to reflect and also be
consumed by beauty. Her paintings are spiritually linked to German
expressionist painters such as Dix, Grosz and Kirchner. In "Never
Again, War," Weyer makes a conscious nod to the artist, activist and
feminist, Kathe Kollwitz. While mining her artistic predecessors' rich
history, she reveals fresh insights, teetering between controlled
linework and spontaneous gestures.
Anke Weyer is a graduate of
the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Staedelschule, Frankfurt Germany
and has had a solo exhibition with Canada Gallery, NY. She lives and
works in NYC.
Debora Warner: Flowers of Evil
Debora
Warner's multi-media works deal with the mechanics of obsession. For
years, Warner has been creating sculptures of roses of every size shape
and color. Directly inspired by Baudelaire's "the speech of flowers
and other voiceless things," the sculpture "Black Magic" is a perfect
talisman of longing.
Debora Warner is a graduate of the Empire
State College studio program and has exhibited extensively in the US
and Europe, including such venues as the New Museum of Contemporary Art
in NYC and the Schirn Kunsthalle. Debora Warner lives and works in
NYC. Ginna Triplett: Wine
Ginna
Triplett incorporates images from fantasy worlds into frothy and
seductive paintings. She appropriates from sources as diverse as
Playboy, Victoria's Secret, and Disney, exploiting the similarities
between children's cartoons and the world of pinups. Triplett examines
how these estranged realms of imagery prescribe standards of
femininity. By merging ideals and clichés of innocence, maternity and
sexuality, the canvases comment on the problematic relationship between
fantasy and reality.
Ginna Triplett holds a BFA from Cooper
Union and has studied at the Academie Minerva, Groningen, and The
Netherlands. She lives and works in NYC.
Mary Goldman Gallery
is located at 932 Chung King Road in the Chinatown district of Los
Angeles. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m. or by appointment. For further information, please contact
the gallery at 213 617 8217 or email info@marygoldman.com. Visit
www.marygoldman.com for more information.
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