You are here

Luminous Paradox

Country:

Categories:

Exhibition Type:

How many exhibition works:

Date: 
Thursday, 22 March 2018 to Sunday, 22 April 2018

440 Gallery is pleased to present Luminous Paradox, new work by Karen Gibbons, a mixed media artist who has shown her work extensively throughout NYC. Ever an artistic explorer, once again Gibbons does not disappoint. This show is a collection of collaged paintings with sculptural sensibilities. Found materials are hinged or bolted together and the artist then builds compositions using images, pastel and paint. Gibbons work hovers in that luminous space between the material and transcendence. Each piece holds contradictory qualities that ultimately speak to the power of paradox: profane and spiritual, obscure and clear, simple and intricate, playful and serious.

This new work tends toward the totemic. Although images from nature, childhood, and religious iconography appear and disappear in layers of paint and pastel, focus is on a single overriding shape for each piece: an egg, an animal or symbol.

Spirit Donkey is painted on a discarded shipping pallet. The donkey’s form takes up the entire surface and its skin is actually the bare wood of the pallet, complete with scuffs and boot prints. The surrounding color and collage elements conjure the concept of growth through adversity. The inclusion (on the pallet’s side pieces) of statements such as “You need to avoid being misused” support the idea of the donkey as a ‘spirit animal’ that may appear when the viewer needs its wisdom.

Artist:

Telephone: 
718-499-3844
Venue ( Address ): 

440 6th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11215

440 Gallery , Brooklyn

Other events from 440 Gallery

view
Let This Be America
01/03/2019 to 02/03/2019
view
The Small Works Show
11/29/2018 to 12/28/2018
view
Real People I've Never Met
10/11/2018 to 11/11/2018
view
And Now I See
09/06/2018 to 10/07/2018

Pages

 

Related Shows This Week

view
TANGLED LINES AND SHIFTING SHADOWS
02/27/2024 to 04/14/2024
view
New Exhibition Opening: Taking Liberties, Jason Willaford
03/30/2024
view
Opening Reception:WOMEN PAINTERS WEST - Dreams & Imaginings Group Show featuring 33 Artists
03/16/2024 to 05/04/2024
view
YRNEH GABON: Spirit Leads Me
02/24/2024 to 04/13/2024
view
GODDESSES, AMAZONS, and MOTHERS | A Celebration of Female Creativity | Group Exhibition
03/08/2024 to 04/12/2024
view
Expoziție de pictură Ioan Avrămuț
03/28/2024 to 04/14/2024
view
THE FUTURE OF THE FIGURE: Laguna College of Art + Design BFA Candidates in Drawing + Painting
03/28/2024 to 03/31/2024
view
Masakatsu Sashie: "Still"
03/16/2024 to 04/13/2024

Pages