Saturday, September 8th in the Gallery: "Peer Pressure"
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"Peer Pressure", guest curated by local artist Thom Flynn and
featuring the work of Sue Huang, Carrie Mallory, Baby Martinez, and
Pascual Sisto
LOCAL ARTIST THOM FLYNN CURATES "PEER PRESSURE" AT NEVIN KELLY GALLERY
Show runs September 8 - October 7, 2007; Opening Reception Saturday,
September 8 from 6 until 9 pm.
Local artist and guest curator Thom Flynn has assembled a group of his
peers to size-up contemporary trends in art at Nevin Kelly Gallery,
1517 U Street, NW, in Washington, DC. The exhibit will feature artists
Sue Huang (LA), Carrie Mallory (DC), Baby Martinez (DC) and Pascual
Sisto (LA). Flynn chose the title "Peer Pressure" to demonstrate the
positive potential of a concept that is generally perceived as
negative.
Having recently earned her MFA from UCLA's Media Arts program, Sue
Huang, works in photography and video, often combining other elements
to create multi-media installations. This show will include a photo
series that illustrates pareidolic phenomena in spinach as it is
handled with chopsticks. Carrie Mallory, an MFA graduate from American
University and a respected painter, has more recently been working in
video and installation. This exhibition will showcase a photo series
that captures the ephemeral nature of a sculpture, part of her ongoing
"Box" series, stuffed with leaves. The work of Baby Martinez, a 2007
Sondheim Prize finalist, consists of trivial, often altruistic, acts
that alter the way one experiences communal areas. The exhibition will
include photo documentation of these typically anonymous acts. Pascual
Sisto, also an MFA recipient from UCLA's Media Arts program, works
primarily in video. For this show, Flynn has selected videos that
depict what the artist describes as "mundane objects enduring
transitional change and looped into a constant state of suspension."
Peer Pressure is on view in the gallery from September 8 until October
7, 2007. The opening reception is on Saturday, September 8, from 6
until 9 o 'clock p.m.
For additional information contact:
Nevin J. Kelly: in...@nevinkellygallery.com
Nevin Kelly Gallery
1517 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: 202-232-3464
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