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JESSICA MURRAY PROJECTS
210 NORTH 6TH STREET
BROOKLYN, NY 11211
718.963.0933
info@jessicamurrayprojects.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jessica Murray Projects is pleased to announce “How
Deep Is Your Love?” featuring work by Brady Dollarhide,
Chris Doyle and Jackie Gendel. Join us for an opening
reception Friday, February 21 from 6-9 PM. Gallery Hours are Friday
through Sunday, 12– 6 PM or by appointment. This exhibition
will run through March 30.
Please note: Jessica Murray Projects will be open on Saturday, March
8 till midnight in conjunction with the Armory 2003 --- “Williamsburg
After Party.”
Three artists explore the psychological boundaries of romantic and
familial love.
Brady Dollarhide’s
charged emotional landscapes unfold as a moment from a larger story
about love and loss. Set in a multi-colored, luminous sky, “I’m
So In To You” takes place either at the beginning or ending
of another day. Framed by a steep walled canyon, the sky recalls
a transitioning period when time passes particularly slowly. Amid
this elongated backdrop the walls of the deep gorge are punctuated
by a decrepit snow fence shedding its unattached slats into the
opening’s throat. A cord precariously hangs across the sky
from one side of the mouth to the other, its final destination a
stationary pole. Nestled at the bottom of his gorge, a broken tree
still attached but beyond repair, lies choking the bottom of the
passage. Dollarhide develops a language of natural and manmade elements
personifying suffering, triumph and the relief in nature’s
resolution.
Dollarhide’s work has been reviewed by The
New York Times and Art
and Antiques.
Chris Doyle connects
his interest in public and private space with a new series of large
watercolors based on private performances. Beginning with movements
from pro wrestling championships, the artist choreographs his family
to enacting wrestling moves such as the suplex (or flip). Staged
among a mix of equipment used in everyday life and art: a child’s
chair, video camera, garden hose, industrial orange extension cord,
a lawn chair, broken toy helicopters and the watercolors themselves—the
artist tapes and photographs the performances. Rather than presenting
the videotapes to the viewer, Doyle uses these images to create
documentation in watercolor. Filling the page with a cacophony of
objects and choreographed movement of his family, the viewer is
seduced by the artist’s elegant composition, acid palette and
busy subject. Once there, she is left to mull over the beauty and
art in passing time, amid the struggle of living together.
His work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Time
Out, and New York Magazine. He has been awarded grants
from New York Council for the Arts, New York Foundation for the
Arts, Creative Capital, Percent for Art, and the Public Art Fund.
Jackie Gendel tenderly
embraces love’s awkwardness and human shortcoming in paintings
on panel. Scratching into a surface of wax, the artist renders her
subjects with perception and compassion. Capturing the unease in
attempted acts of love, Gendel’s figures express themselves
despite their developmental and social trappings. Placing her subjects
in uncomfortable spaces perfectly composed between architecture
and abstraction, Gendel brings her characters’ struggle and
accomplishments equally to the forefront.
Gendel’s work has been seen at White Columns, New York and
Mixture Gallery, Houston.
For more information, please contact Jessica Murray at info@jessicamurrayprojects.com
or 718.384.9606.
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