A group show curated by Vera Iliatova<\/b> and Sarah Peters
\nat Nathalie Karg Gallery <\/b><\/p>\n
from June 21st to July 20th, 2023,<\/p>\n
Opening June 21st,
\nreception 6-8pm,<\/p>\n
featuring work by Ann Agee<\/b>, Inna Babaeva<\/b>, Nina Childress<\/b>, Jennifer Paige Cohen<\/b>, Jenny Dubnau, Dana Frankfort<\/b>, Louis Fratino<\/b>, Rema Ghuloum<\/b>, Ryan Johnson<\/b>, Alex Jacksonb<\/b>, Dennis Kardon<\/b>, Craig Kucia, Julia Kunin<\/b>, Susan Lichtman<\/b>, Jennifer Macdonald<\/b>, Shari Mendelson<\/b>, Ohad Meromi<\/b>, John Newman<\/b>, Keiko Narahashi<\/b>, Enrico Riley<\/b>, Elsa Sahal<\/b>, Matt Saunders<\/b>, Michelle Segre<\/b>, Jeremy Stenger<\/b>, Alessandro Teoldi<\/b>, Hannah van Bart<\/b>, Alan Weiner<\/b>, and Jenna Westra<\/b>.<\/p>\n
In this exhibition, one\u2019s \u201cunrequited love\u201d stands as a metaphor for the artists\u2019 yearning to grasp at something in their work that remains forever outside of their reach. This longing, desire, and tension remain present in the physical objects that are the results of individual pursuit. Each of the artists in this exhibition value the sense of touch and the physical tension in making their works, embedding them with an emotion that eludes being captured with words. The process in the studio becomes a love song between the makers and the objects that they make. Desire, dreaming, wanting, release, disappointment, revenge, confusion, and the possibility of satisfaction are the churning emotions that spur artists to make new artworks. We also look back at past artworks, our old lovers, to understand and find the new ones. This exhibition presents narrative manifestations of \u201cunrequited love\u201d through the stages of complicated affairs and their aftermath.<\/p>\n
In a sculpture by Julia Kunin<\/b> and paintings by Dana Frankfort<\/b>, Rema Ghuloum<\/b>, and Enrico Riley<\/b>, emotional yearning and reverie are evoked through the luminosity of color, translucent veils of paint, and atmospheric structures. Carefully constructed grids within works by Alex Jackson<\/b> and Alan Weiner <\/b>create expansive visions and Michelle Segre<\/b>\u2019s celestial structure opens our eyes towards ecstatic space while Jenny Dubnau<\/b> and Jeremy Stenger<\/b> invent entire emotional universes from the petals of a flower.<\/p>\n
Nina Childress<\/b> and Matt Saunders<\/b>\u2019 works idolize the unattainable object of desire and from Inna<\/b> Babaeva<\/b>, Louis Fratino<\/b>, Dennis Kardon<\/b>, John Newman<\/b>, Elsa Sahal<\/b>, and Alessandro Teoldi<\/b>, we see works that express bodily intimacy and sexual appetite.<\/p>\n
Hindsight, longing, memory, absence, and possible regret are present in the family drama found in Susan Lichtman<\/b>\u2019s large scale painting of a dinner table and Ann Agee<\/b>\u2019s porcelain sculpture depicts a madonna figure encountering a void. Craig Kucia<\/b> invokes the memory of his grandmother by painting images based on their conversations. Physical tension in a space between two people is found in Jenna Westra<\/b>\u2019s photographs while in Keiko Narahashi<\/b>\u2019s sculpture, such tension defines itself within the boundaries of a single body.<\/p>\n
When the artwork is completed, the love affair ends. The artist is alone in their studio and must start again. The fictional protagonist is a lonely wanderer embodied in the sculptures of Ryan Johnson<\/b>, Shari Mendelson<\/b>, and Ohad Meromi<\/b>, with each traveler accompanied by a mysterious animal companion.<\/p>\n
The introspective smile in the portrait by Hannah van Bart<\/b> and the courageous step forward in the sculpted figure by Jennifer Paige Cohen<\/b> project quiet but assertive power to encounter the future.<\/p>\n
In the end, one could see Jennifer Macdonald<\/b>\u2019s bronzes as the required armor and fearlessness needed to begin again.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Vera Iliatova and Sarah Peters<\/p>\n
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NATHALIE KARG GALLERY<\/p>\n
291 Grand Street, 4th floor Tue – Sat <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group show curated by Vera Iliatova and Sarah Peters at Nathalie Karg Gallery from June 21st to July 20th, 2023, Opening June 21st, reception 6-8pm, featuring work by Ann Agee, Inna Babaeva, Nina Childress, Jennifer Paige Cohen, Jenny Dubnau, Dana Frankfort, Louis Fratino, Rema Ghuloum, Ryan Johnson, Alex Jacksonb, Dennis Kardon, Craig Kucia, Julia Kunin, Susan Lichtman, Jennifer Macdonald, Shari Mendelson, Ohad Meromi, John Newman, Keiko Narahashi, Enrico Riley, Elsa Sahal, Matt Saunders, Michelle Segre, Jeremy Stenger, Alessandro… +<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n
\nNew York, NY, 10002 <\/u><\/a><\/p>\n
\n10 am- 6pm<\/p>\n