Bruno David Gallery: Friday, 10 May 2013
YVETTE DRURY DUBINSKY: There and Gone
Media Room: Brett Williams: Memory Old and New
Opening Reception Friday, May 10, 2013, from 5 to 9 pm
Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present Yvette Drury Dubinsky, opening Friday, May 10, 2013. The exhibition titled “There and Gone” is inspired by Dubinsky’s intense reaction to the violence and destruction currently happening in Syria and in the Middle East and, presented as a mixed media installation with a group of related smaller works. The exhibition will be on view May 10–June 15, 2013. A catalogue, Yvette Drury Dubinsky: There and Gone, will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.
Dubinsky traveled in Lebanon and Syria in late 2009, exploring astonishing archeological treasures and monuments and befriending two Syrian families. Since then, the historic sites she visited have gone under siege and some have been destroyed. Caught in the crossfire of Syria's war, one family was forced from their Damascus home and is now living as refugees in a mountain village. The other family, from Aleppo, fled to Turkey. Without income, the two families face a dramatic change from the middle class lifestyle they led when Dubinsky met them.
THERE AND GONE deals with bearing witness to Syria's war and the human plight therein as well as Dubinsky's emotions arising as she works from the perspective of her relatively peaceful, parallel existence in the United States. Combining drawings, monoprints, painting, alternative photography, industrial materials and found objects, THERE AND GONE imagines the pain, ruins, rubble and carnage in places which just three years ago were alive and intact.
In the New Media Room, the gallery presents a video-sculpture by Brett Williams. Brett Williams’ new work “Memory Old and New” is an exploration of combining older artwork with recent and new work. The combine process mimics the way the effects of time changes how we remember events and experiences from the past and how the perception shapes new memories and experiences.
This new piece uses an old wooden sculpture with a rubber tube encased in glass from the early nineteen nineties and combines it with a TV and pedestal from two separate installations from the early two thousands. The 30-second video is a new creation using a static shot of the rubber tube element from the original sculpture. The special effects of stars and sound track both created by the artist refer back to his childhood video game consoles like the Atari 2600 and original Nintendo, and his love of 80’s hip hop and hardcore music.
Public Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
3721 Washington Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108 USA
info@brunodavidgallery.com
www.brunodavidgallery.com
1.314.531.3030
Media Room: Brett Williams: Memory Old and New
Opening Reception Friday, May 10, 2013, from 5 to 9 pm
Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present Yvette Drury Dubinsky, opening Friday, May 10, 2013. The exhibition titled “There and Gone” is inspired by Dubinsky’s intense reaction to the violence and destruction currently happening in Syria and in the Middle East and, presented as a mixed media installation with a group of related smaller works. The exhibition will be on view May 10–June 15, 2013. A catalogue, Yvette Drury Dubinsky: There and Gone, will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.
Dubinsky traveled in Lebanon and Syria in late 2009, exploring astonishing archeological treasures and monuments and befriending two Syrian families. Since then, the historic sites she visited have gone under siege and some have been destroyed. Caught in the crossfire of Syria's war, one family was forced from their Damascus home and is now living as refugees in a mountain village. The other family, from Aleppo, fled to Turkey. Without income, the two families face a dramatic change from the middle class lifestyle they led when Dubinsky met them.
THERE AND GONE deals with bearing witness to Syria's war and the human plight therein as well as Dubinsky's emotions arising as she works from the perspective of her relatively peaceful, parallel existence in the United States. Combining drawings, monoprints, painting, alternative photography, industrial materials and found objects, THERE AND GONE imagines the pain, ruins, rubble and carnage in places which just three years ago were alive and intact.
In the New Media Room, the gallery presents a video-sculpture by Brett Williams. Brett Williams’ new work “Memory Old and New” is an exploration of combining older artwork with recent and new work. The combine process mimics the way the effects of time changes how we remember events and experiences from the past and how the perception shapes new memories and experiences.
This new piece uses an old wooden sculpture with a rubber tube encased in glass from the early nineteen nineties and combines it with a TV and pedestal from two separate installations from the early two thousands. The 30-second video is a new creation using a static shot of the rubber tube element from the original sculpture. The special effects of stars and sound track both created by the artist refer back to his childhood video game consoles like the Atari 2600 and original Nintendo, and his love of 80’s hip hop and hardcore music.
Public Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
3721 Washington Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108 USA
info@brunodavidgallery.com
www.brunodavidgallery.com
1.314.531.3030
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