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Woof of the Sun, Ethereal Gauze
Halsey McKay Gallery is thrilled to present Woof of the Sun, Ethereal Gauze featuring Lisha Bai, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Chris Duncan, Ted Gahl, Bryan Graf, Elias Hansen, Denise Kupferschmidt, Paul Lee and Adrianne Rubenstein.
Taking its title from the first line of Henry David Thoreau鈥檚 Haze, the works in the show build from pure atmosphere, to sublime object and imagery. Landscape flickers in and out of paintings, photographs, and sculptures creating a tension between illusionism and materiality. Elias Hansen鈥檚 altar-like shrines鈥� and chandeliers cast the glow of man-made light through glass while Lisha Bai鈥檚 works capture light of the natural world in hues of quartz and rock. The geological grains of Bai鈥檚 cast sand can be seen in the ethereal pointillist atmospheres of Jean-Baptiste Bernadet鈥檚 newest paintings. The visual hum of these abstractions is captured in nature through Bryan Graf鈥檚 photographs and Chris Duncan鈥檚 sun exposures of cymbals and drums. The implication of sound beats on in Paul Lee鈥檚 tambourine works that imply the touch of skin as much as a rising sun. The reverence for celestial bodies continue a circular motif of the sun and moon in Ted Gahl and Denise Kupferschmidt鈥檚 new paintings while the painterly marks of Adrianne Rubenstein鈥檚 work render a memory of it all, captured.
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Halsey McKay Gallery is thrilled to present Woof of the Sun, Ethereal Gauze featuring Lisha Bai, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Chris Duncan, Ted Gahl, Bryan Graf, Elias Hansen, Denise Kupferschmidt, Paul Lee and Adrianne Rubenstein.
Taking its title from the first line of Henry David Thoreau鈥檚 Haze, the works in the show build from pure atmosphere, to sublime object and imagery. Landscape flickers in and out of paintings, photographs, and sculptures creating a tension between illusionism and materiality. Elias Hansen鈥檚 altar-like shrines鈥� and chandeliers cast the glow of man-made light through glass while Lisha Bai鈥檚 works capture light of the natural world in hues of quartz and rock. The geological grains of Bai鈥檚 cast sand can be seen in the ethereal pointillist atmospheres of Jean-Baptiste Bernadet鈥檚 newest paintings. The visual hum of these abstractions is captured in nature through Bryan Graf鈥檚 photographs and Chris Duncan鈥檚 sun exposures of cymbals and drums. The implication of sound beats on in Paul Lee鈥檚 tambourine works that imply the touch of skin as much as a rising sun. The reverence for celestial bodies continue a circular motif of the sun and moon in Ted Gahl and Denise Kupferschmidt鈥檚 new paintings while the painterly marks of Adrianne Rubenstein鈥檚 work render a memory of it all, captured.
