Detail: Morality Box, 2007, by Antony Flackett

 

INSIDE  THE BOX
January 4 - February 5, 2008
Opening Reception SATURDAY: Jan. 12th 4 - 6pm

A Diorama Exhibition curated George Fifield and Phaedra Shanbaum

Featuring Work by:

Antony Flackett, Allison Holt, Susie Silver & Hillary Harp, Empire S.N.A.F.U., Robert Taplin, and Jerry Williams

 

For Immediate Release

 

Q. What do elementary school students and Joseph Cornell have in common?
A. The Diorama

In this exhibition curators George Fifield and Phaedra Shanbaum bring together a diverse selection of artists working in contemporary fine art dioramas. In artistic practices dioramas are objects, images, and sometimes media, artfully arranged within a contained space. Recreating atmospheres that are both delightful and disconcerting in their own false environment, they act as shrunken theatrical sets, and fall into a magical chasm between 2D work and sculpture. Recently, the use of small flat screen LCD panels has allowed artists to make miniature new media dioramas that push the traditional boundaries of the field.

Dioramas can be artistic, informative and innovative with narratives that defy logic and leap off the wall into space. They range from the abstract to the visually absurd, while addressing issues in contemporary art such as narrative, craftsmanship, maquettes and miniaturization. The artists in this exhibition explore the full spectrum of contemporary dioramas. Their themes are as diverse as reenactments of happenings, literary works and film noir scenes to personalized narratives of childhood, detailed examinations of realistic truths and whimsical collections of odds and ends.

 

For further information please contact Alexis Dunfee at Howard Yezerski Gallery 617.262.0550 Tuesday - Saturday 10-5:30pm