Philip Slein Gallery: Friday, 11 May 2007

The Philip Slein Gallery will stay open late -until 10pm- on Friday, May 11th, for the opening of Cheryl Wassenaar's Exhibition, RE(AD) and Mel Watkin's show "New Work."

Cheryl Wassenaar: I construct my work from fragments of discarded commercial signage. Scavenged from roadways and the wastelands of commercial sprawl, these wooden signs
are the loud voices of city commerce, crowding our urban landscapes with the insistent messages of industry. The language that appears on signs is direct and economical. I disrupt its efficiency, breaking the text from context and rules of syntax, redirecting attention to the subtle nuances of visual and verbal form. Moving from an earlier interest in the associative properties of typography, my recent work reconsiders the sign as a carrier of failed communication, made
inept through visual stutters, meaningless acronyms, technology glitches, text codes, and verbal filler.

We will be staying open later because of all the wonderful shows going on city-wide. The gallery will be offering a full bar with premium drinks.