Between Mapping and Memory May 2 - 30, 2009Opening Reception/ Gallery Hop: Saturday, May 2, 6-10pm
Mahan Gallery is pleased to present Between Mapping and Memory, an exhibition of collaborative paintings by Columbus based artists, Alana Odenweller and Scott Vogel.
Through use of figure and space, Odenweller and Vogel approach their collaborative paintings with blurred distinctions between abstract and representation. These combined methods are consciously interwoven within each painting to create illogical situations. It is the artists’ intention to hold the viewer longer by presenting complex narrative possibilities that offer contradictory, circular and disconnected content that suspends reason.
During their painting process, Odenweller and Vogel search through images from multiple sources and appropriate elements that appeal to the individual artist. As artists, they commence the pieces they are working on from different points of view. They make their own individual impressions with the images as they work separately on the same piece. When re-approaching the work after the other has painted, each is forced to re-evaluate their former impression as they begin to paint again. This process often goes through multiple cycles. Ironic visual alignment of images, often lead to unexpected connections and ideas for them. The curious viewer will be rewarded with subtle playful details the artists inherently embed in their works.
Although they paint together as collaborators, they keep their individuality within any given painting. Alana Odenweller renders images at a slow and deliberate pace, coaxing out details through a careful and thoughtful process. She builds images with several layers of faint line work and thin washes and brushstrokes. Scott Vogel is more efficient with his brushstrokes, attempting to infuse the forms with line work that pushes his threshold level of accuracy, all the while embracing his mistakes. Alana and Scott enrich and complicate the viewers experience with their individual styles of paint application, color and differing degrees of representation.
The Mahan Gallery presents the work of contemporary artists in a variety of media, including painting, photography, and sculpture. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 6pm and by appointment.
For more information please visit www.mahangallery.com.
| Heure de début : | 2 mai 2009 à 18:00 |
| Heure de fin : | 30 mai 2009 à 18:00 |
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| Adresse : | 717 N. High Street |
| Ville : | Columbus, OH |
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