JESSICA MURRAY PROJECTS
210 NORTH 6TH STREET
BROOKLYN, NY 11211

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Alec Dartley’s combination of fantastical characters and psychedelic landscapes reveal the inside of a world where the natural and manmade inextricably link. In all of them, an exploration of innards, interiors or sub-structures fold into one another – a mechanical leg, the tender rendering of the alveoli of a lung, or the viscosity of a life-giving fluid – spill, erupt and build upwards. Salmon, chartreuse and tangerine colored passages weave together creating an enchanting game of collage.

In Destructive Unneutralized Aggressive Energy Beyond the Body-Self Boundaries, a castle fit for a dwarf is intertwined with an orange mass, which leads to a cubist passage that folds into the tentacle of an octopus. Dozens of passages of abstraction and figuration vie equally to realize Dartley’s dreamscape.

This is Alec Dartley’s first solo exhibition. He received his BFA from Parsons School of Design (1995) and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1997).

DRAWING ROOM

Inspired by stories of victims turned into perpetrators of murder Vicki Sher’s delicately rendered, sympathetic drawings portray inescapable agony amid everyday settings of escape. Floating in tropical water, ablaze with supernatural powers, or entertained by cutting out paper dolls, these drawings invite a personal exploration of our struggles for redemption and reconciliation.

In Clara, a handsome black-haired woman stands in a pink and gray everglade. As her story goes, she was pushed beyond her limits when, after many extraordinary attempts to improve her appearance, she ran over her chronically cheating husband with her Mercedes. In Sher’s image, tropical grasses grow behind her while the outline and reflection of a sea bird mimics her own straining neck. Dressed in a concealing black dress and pearls, her attire is at odds with the rough outdoor setting.

Vicki Sher received her BFA from Cornell University (1988) and her MFA from University of Iowa (1992).

Our upcoming exhibition, Grotto II, will open on June 25 and continue through August 1.

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