| Past Exhibition "Land Force" January 6, 2007 ~ February 10, 2007 Back |  |
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The Sabina Lee Gallery is pleased to announce "LAND FORCE" a thematic group exhibition. Four women artists explore the internal, external and spiritual landscape.
Land Force brings together for the first four artists-Frances Barth, Elizabeth Karsch, Emily Sartor and Sigrid Sandstrom. At present they are either based in New York or in the surrounding areas. Each has taken a unique approach to depicting a view of landscape based on their own inventiveness through personal and psychological experiences. Their paintings and drawings present the landscape as an ever changing stage where various types of events are played out with the forces of natures as the main players. A pared down abstraction, modernist flatness and implied narrative introduces Frances Barth¡¯s painting to the viewer. Barth aims for something more contemporary than the traditional landscape. ¡°Here planes of ¡°abstract color¡± lay alongside areas of ¡°local color¡±. Fresh is a good word to use in the description of her conceptually based landscapes. Meander ?o, 2003 with it¡¯s slim, narrow panoramic view brings attention to the whole of the painting, its spatial tensions, and overall edginess. Elizabeth Karach¡¯s experience of the landscape surrounding her family¡¯s home has changed dramatically since the death of her mother. It seems full of the presence of her mother¡¯s spirit. There is also a heightened sense of close by rivers and mountains. These black and white works on paper appear abstract, but closer inspection reveals their representational details. Emily Sartor grew up in the medium sized town of Monroe, Louisiana. Unlike her earlier works these new works focus on devastation in the natural world with surreal lighting and dramatic compositions. Sartor¡¯s treatment of a flooded forest, wrecked homes, boats and cars captures nature¡¯s brute force upon human¡¯s possessions in the landscape. Though the images are of destruction she captures the surreal scene of a settling calm among the devastation. In these works there is a sense of horror and the supernatural in a gothic story. Sigrid Sandstrom was born and grew up in Sweden. Her glacial landscapes draw upon Old Norse Mythology of how the world was created. Gunninggap ? the land between ¡°Muspelhein¡± light and warmth and ¡°Niffelbeim¡± the cold dark world. The juxtaposition of different components in her paintings creates a friction of the real and the imagined, and is informed by her visits to barren and desolated places. Her paintings and installations are intellectually and visually engaging in their oddness, beauty, mystery and almost monochromatic color. This selection from the series was recently on view at the Frye Museum in Seattle (2006). The show is organized by New York curator and artist, John Moore. For further information, contact Sabina Lee at 323-935-9279 5365 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036, info@sabinaleegallery.com |