Think On It - Then Lay It Down For Good.
Sam Vernon
March 30 - April 23, 2011
Opening Reception : March 31, 6 - 8pm
Hi, 8.5" x 11". 2011.
pen and ink xeroxed.
courtesy of Artist.
Vernon pays homage to the past and revises the traditional ghost story, addressing questions of postcoloniality, racialization, and historical memory. By means of the machine, text-inspired images are construed into rich black lines against white pages, she interprets such themes as violence, cultural exile, detachment, womanhood, sexuality, and the psychology of blackness. Think On It-Then Lay It Down For Good is longing, fear and memory translated onto fragile sheets. Ghosts congeal and bodies form in dark corners and hang about whispering until the inflection of their voices can be heard among the living.
A.I.R. Gallery
111 Front Street, #228
Brooklyn NY 11201
Sam Vernon
March 30 - April 23, 2011
Opening Reception : March 31, 6 - 8pm
Hi, 8.5" x 11". 2011.
pen and ink xeroxed.
courtesy of Artist.
Vernon pays homage to the past and revises the traditional ghost story, addressing questions of postcoloniality, racialization, and historical memory. By means of the machine, text-inspired images are construed into rich black lines against white pages, she interprets such themes as violence, cultural exile, detachment, womanhood, sexuality, and the psychology of blackness. Think On It-Then Lay It Down For Good is longing, fear and memory translated onto fragile sheets. Ghosts congeal and bodies form in dark corners and hang about whispering until the inflection of their voices can be heard among the living.
A.I.R. Gallery
111 Front Street, #228
Brooklyn NY 11201
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