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The
Hogar Collection
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The
Great Unknown
Lauriston
Avery, Damian Catera and Richard Etkin
June 23
– July 31, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, June 23 6-9pm.
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The Hogar Collection
is pleased to present, The Great Unknown,
a group exhibition featuring abstract works on paper, sound,
video and photography by Lauriston Avery,
Damian Catera and Richard Etkin.
The varied works find commonalities in their uses of atmospheric
and subjective subjects. They evoke ideas of ephemerality,
concentrate on the subtleties of their creation and their
visual existence is a captured record of that fleeting moment.
As well they all posses a sense of controlled randomness at
work, be it from sudden snapshots, sampled media or expressive
brushstrokes, they all embrace the unknowingness of what comes
next. |
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In
Lauriston Avery’s works on paper, he
has chosen the format of irregularly shaped circles that seem
as if they could be spun out from the vortex of a black hole.
Working with layers upon layers of thin washes of paint, he
creates ever so subtle contrasts of color that resemble expansive
and expanding universes. They portray a mood of darkness that
proves to be alive by a glowing warmth of light that seems
to emanate from their cores. Lauriston is an emerging artist
living and working in New York and Brooklyn and this is his
first exhibition at the gallery. |
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Lauriston Avery, y006,
mixed media on paper, 2006. |
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Damian
Catera’s newest video, generated from bootleg
super-8 concert footage is an exploration into the process
of how memory is constructed and reconstructed as a discontinuity.
The pure subjectivity of these less than perfect documentations
of a contrived spectacle, lend themselves well to the conception
of memory as a succession of ephemeral moments. As well, Catera
will be presenting an algorithmic surround sound installation
created from Beethoven’s Eroica. His work has been exhibited
and performed at such venues as The Chelsea Art museum, The
Kitchen, The Institute of Contemporary Art in Prague, The
International Biennale of Contemporary Art (Prague), Art In
General, The Jersey City Museum and The Hogar Collection among
others. |
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Damian Catera, video still from:
The Memory Project: Object #1 –Careful With That Axe,
2007 |
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In Richard
Etkin’s most recent series of digital photographs,
he presents to us the reflections and lights of the nighttime.
Their allure resembles a slip into a familiar haziness. Like
in a dreamy state of vertigo the images resemble oncoming
headlights or the distant taillights to a groggy eye. The
pictures are in the fashion of snapshots taken “along
the way” that happen to delve into unknowing investigations
of the minute and unseen. There is a commanding sensitivity
to the confusion of his subject matter, that teeters on the
edge of romanticism. Richard is also an emerging artist living
and working in Brooklyn. He studied under the direction Guillermo
Kuitca in Buenos Aires, Argentina and this is his second group
show at the gallery. |
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Richard Etkin, Luces,
archival digital photograph, 2007 |
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* For images or more information
please contact the gallery.
Gallery Hours : Thursday – Monday 12:00 –
7:00 and by appointment
Directions:
By Subway - L or G Train
to Lorimer St., exit on Metropolitan, walk under BQE towards
Manhattan, Left on Marcy St., 2 blocks turn right on Grand
L Train to Bedford Ave. walk south on Bedford
Ave. to Grand St. left on Grand St., walk 3..5 blocks (between
Havemeyer and Marcy)
JMZ to Marcy Ave., walk north on marcy to
Grand, turn left.
By car from Manhattan - Drive over the Williamsburg Bridge.
2nd immediate exit at S. 5th St.,
Left at light on Havemeyer. Right on Grand Street, 3/4 block
on right.
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The
Hogar Collection
362 Grand Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
p: 718.388.5022
info@hogarcollection.com
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http://www.hogarcollection.com/ |
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