Jane South: Infrastructures au Weatherspoon Art Museum
Jane South, Untitled (Yellow Fragment), 2005. Hand-cut and folded-paper, mixed media. 20 x 18 x 14 in. Collection of David & Susan Marco, New York; courtesy of Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
GREENSBORO, NC.- The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro presents Jane South: Infrastructures, on view June 17 – September 23, 2007. Jane South's complex paper constructions navigate the properties of drawing and sculpture. She assembles fragile architectural networks from painted paper that has been meticulously cut, folded, tabbed and then glued together. Her motifs, drawn from a lexicon of invented architectural and industrial forms, create intricate shadows that further confuse our perception of what is heavy or light, what is flat or three-dimensional, what is solid form or pictorial illusion. Rather than serving as a contrast to the supposed solidity and permanence of the museum gallery, her works remind us of the temporality of all architecture. Organized by Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, Infrastructures includes wall and floor-based works, and a selection of new drawings. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=20398
