Opening Reception: Friday, May 22, 7-9pm
On View: May 15 – June 12
The paintings of Elizabeth Gilfilen, Jason Karolak, and Rachael W ren inhabit common conceptual ground and employ kindred creative strategies. Through their intricate and multi-layered works, all three painters attempt to make the ephemeral tangible. Gilfilen constructs pictures of passing time with overlapping skeins of paint, Karolak charts physical movement through line and shape, and Wren captures sensations of light and space in accumulations of small, colored marks. The work of these three artists demonstrates a concern with how elemental entities, such as a thin line, simple shape, or stroke of color, can create deep and dimensional structures. Moreover, in all three bodies of work, a balance between control and improvisation is essential to translating fleeting moments into the physical medium of paint.
Breathing Room
Opening Reception: Friday, May 22, 7-9pm
On View: May 15 – June 19
Trestle Gallery
168 7th St. (between 3rd and 2nd Ave.), 3rd Floor. Brooklyn NY
Image Credit: Elizabeth Gilfilen