Duane Reed Gallery: Friday, 29 February 2008

Laurel Lukaszewski: Mutable/Mutability

Opening Reception Friday, February 29th 5 – 8 pm
February 29 – March 29, 2008

Although frequently mistaken for metal Laurel Lukaszewski’s spontaneous, yet graceful works are actually individually extruded and installed pieces of porcelain and black stoneware, which she has been exploring for the last three years. Resembling three-dimensional line drawings or calligraphic brushstrokes, Laurel’s installations are created by interlocking individual coils one top of another to create hanging, freestanding or wall-mounted sculptures. The idea of interconnectedness evident in the work is based upon the artist’s, “habit of incessant doodling and study of Japanese Buddhist mandalas in graduate school, although the works themselves do not replicate any religious imagery.”

Laurel’s approach to the work, being recreated anew with every installation, gives the work a spontaneous, random quality. “…No piece is every exactly the same as it once was. For me, this mutability is a fascinating and important aspect of the work. Each time I install a piece, I must pay attention to its environment and take into consideration how it will inhabit the world around it. Whether it is taking advantage of an architectural element or reacting to the way that shadows play upon the piece, it is important to realize that it will only exist as it is in the present.”

Larry Fodor: Stochastic 2

Opening Reception Friday, February 29th 5 – 8 pm
February 29 – March 29, 2008

“A mark of paint, a decision, a choice; all are effected by their surrounds. They also affect their surrounds. A horizontal stroke of blue paint bisecting a vertical ochre stroke modifies both in their interaction, just as a particular experience can transform a person. Paint applied to a canvas, like experience, seeks and alters awareness, discovery, or questions. Continually successive combinations of moments, decisions, and marks gather to build a painting or enrich an individual Perchance, in the course of this movement, this sustained action and these continual marks, there comes a revealing of what lies beneath the surface: a center or core steadily accumulating an infinite variety of experience. Perception is illuminated, if only for a moment, yet altered ever after.” Larry lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Gallery hours: Tuesday through Friday 10-5pm, Saturday 12-4pm.