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Neeta Madahar and Christopher Russell
Pollination
January 8 - February 28, 2009
We are pleased to announce a two person exhibition entitled Pollination
combining unique Cibachrome photograms by Neeta Madahar and glazed ceramic
sculptures by Christopher Russell. This will be Madahar's third show with
the gallery and Russell's premier show.
Madahar's Cosmoses is a series of large-scale unique photograms
made of origami cosmos. Each flower was made by the artist- a systematic
process that required extreme concentration and a delicate relationship
between the eye, hand and mind. The flowers are made in varying paper
thicknesses and colors and scattered across the photographic paper in
complete darkness, before exposing the paper to light. What appears to
be casual and random is actually a rigorous and detailed process. The
project was inspired by her work with an astronomer during the course
of planning her Falling series in which she combined an image of
a star filled night sky with a multitude of falling Sycamore leaves. The
overwhelming magnitude of time and distance produced a sublime experience
for Madahar which she seeks to recreate in these works. The actual photographic
paper used is color, but the works range from monochromatic to brightly
colored, depending on the flowers used. They are cameraless and each work
is unique.
Christopher Russell creates highly detailed incredibly lifelike yet monochromatic
ceramic works based on nature. For the last three years he has been exploring
the intense world of bees through a series of ceramic sculptures which
comes out of a tradition of scientific models and the decorative arts.
Some are reliefs representing bees in hives, or dramatically enlarged
images of pollen. Others are free standing sculptures which bring together
birds, bees, flowers and thistles into highly fanciful and seductive compositions.
In the pollen works Russell is using traditional techniques to create
objects based on very contemporary sources- electron microscopes. Other
compositions are inspired by historical sources such as Audubon prints
and Dutch still lives. He uses a deep golden colored glaze, which has
the appearance of honey and also separates the work from more traditional
glazed ceramic works.
Although in many ways the works of Madahar and Russell are very different,
they share a sensual and sublime celebration of nature and an obsession
with fabrication and process in their exquisite craft. Like the process
of pollination in nature, their work combines seduction and science.
Russell's work is currently on exhibit in a group show entitled Specimen:
representing the Natural World at Rutgers University and was shown
last summer at Wave Hill in Riverdale. He studied at Wesleyan University
and lives and works in New York.
Madahar lives outside of London and received an MFA from the School of
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has shown extensively in the US and
the UK- and she recently had a video called Solstice commissioned by the
Film and Video Umbrella and shown at Harewood House and the Aspex Gallery
in the UK. Among the many public collections which include Madahar's work
are the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, The Kemper and Nelson Atkins Museums
in Kansas City, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert
Museum in London.
NEETA MADAHAR AND CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
POLLINATION
JANUARY 8 - FEBRUARY 28, 2009
Entrance:
1. Neeta Madahar
Cosmoses Mixed AP (Positive), 2007
unique Ilfochrome photograph mounted on aluminum
29 1/2 x 40” image size, 39 x 49” framed
2. Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Pollen, 2008
glazed white earthenware
5”
3. Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Hive, 2008
glazed white earthenware
8 x 7”
4. Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Pollen, 2008
glazed white earthenware
4”
5. Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Pollen, 2008
glazed white earthenware
4”
6. Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Hive, 2008
glazed white earthenware
4 3/4 x 5”
Main Gallery
East wall:
7. Christopher Russell
Bees and Birds on Vine, 2008
glazed white earthenware
17 x 10 x 10”
8. Christopher Russell
Birds and Bees on Thistle, Variation I, 2008
glazed white earthenware
21 1/2 x 13”
9. Neeta Madahar
Cosmoses White VIII (Positive), 2006
unique Ilfochrome photograph mounted on aluminum
29 1/2 x 40” image size, 39 x 49” framed
North wall:
10. Neeta Madahar
Cosmoses Black IV (Positive), 2006
unique Ilfochrome photograph mounted on aluminum
29 1/2 x 40” image size, 39 x 49” framed
11. Neeta Madahar
Cosmoses White VI (Positive), 2006
unique Ilfochrome photograph mounted on aluminum
29 1/2 x 40” image size, 39 x 49” framed
12. Neeta Madahar
Cosmoses Black VI (Positive), 2006
unique Ilfochrome photograph mounted on aluminum
29 1/2 x 40” image size, 39 x 49” framed
West wall:
Christopher Russell
Mullein, 2008
glazed white earthenware
28 x 9 x 9”
Christopher Russell
Birds and Bees on Thistle, Variation II, 2008
glazed white earthenware
19 x 15 x 15”
Christopher Russell
Natural History, 2008
glazed white earthenware
22 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2”
Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Hive, 2008
glazed white earthenware
11 x 9 1/4”
Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Hive, 2008
glazed white earthenware
4 3/4 x 5”
Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Hive, 2008
glazed white earthenware
7 x 4 1/4”
South wall:
Christopher Russell
Bee Work: Sunflower, 2008
glazed earthenware
9 x 10”
Neeta Madahar
Cosmoses White X (Negative), 2007
unique Ilfoflex photograph mounted on aluminum
29 1/2 x 40” image size, 34 1/2 x 44 1/2” framed
Neeta Madahar
Cosmoses White IX (Negative), 2007
unique Ilfoflex photograph mounted on aluminum
29 1/2 x 40” image size, 34 1/2 x 44 1/2” framed
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