Corridor Gallery is very pleased to have recently worked with guest Curator Sabrina Y. Smith to create the exhibition Dreaming Reality on view at Corridor Gallery January 26th - March 15th 2014.
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| J Swofford Thoughts, 16" x 20" fiber based hand-printed photograph on oriental paper |
She has also created the blog Art Gypsy Tales which is a collection of artist interviews. She has posted over 90 artist interviews in the past year. Please check it out http://www.artgypsytales.com/
Find her curatorial statement about Dreaming Reality below for more information.
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| Sebastian Wahl, Aquatic Mandala, 48" x 48" collage on resin |
Dreaming Reality
Curated by Sabrina
Y.Smith
In search
for their most intimate selves, and the underlining truth that ties us all, the
following artists, through different outlets - meditation, psychedelic drugs,
dreams, hypnosis – attempt to access the subconscious mind, and reveal the
information it holds. Speaking an unknown language that we somehow understand,
they weave altogether a kaleidoscopic narrative of the mind.
J Swofford's Riddle of The Echo series translates the
dream-like scenes of the unconscious to the conscious. The exploration of
enigmatic symbols, which are
associated with memories and dreams,
spark a cascade of allusions and connections in the
mind of the viewer. The photographs, obtained with a Metol
formula mix made by the artist, are printed in the darkroom (none of these
compositions are digitally manipulated) on silver gelatin paper. The process
further underlines the unsettling immersion into an unpredictable world guided
by instinct and feeling.
Sebastian Wahl is a mind explorer who recreates its imagery
into intricate psychedelic landscapes. His resin collages reveal colorful and
familiar images, meticulously layered into three-dimensional narratives -
offering limitless depths and reflecting the multi- layered nature of the mind.
Some works contain 'glow-in-the-dark' shapes inspired by sacred geometry,
revealing secret messages when the lights turn off. One may find recurring
characters or symbols, acting like omens, telling a larger story together.
Ahmet Murat Karayilan 's work focuses on Heidegger's concept
of Dasein, which characterizes human existence as "Being" (versus
Cartesian "thinking"), where the subconscious - rather than the
conscious - is the defining trait. In these works, Karayilan's figures are
omnipresent by their absence: they are a part of the image, yet their
environment seems to be shaped by their own mind.
John
Ransom Phillips' Sleeping Presidents painting series is interested in
showing how one's dreams are ultimately one's true reality. Phillips imagines
the dreams of America's forty-three presidents, revealing an intimate and
unexplored side to these iconic figures, and ultimately humanizing them.
Echoing Walt Whitman, Phillips says of these works, “I am dreaming all the
dreams of Grant, Obama, Reagan, Washington, ... And then I
become
them.”
Fabrice Cazenave seeks inspiration in high awareness states
by drawing blind-folded, or even under hypnosis. His work is an experience of
reality throughout all the senses. In reaching a state of trance, Cazenave
relives a palette of sensations and emotions that he simultaneously draws.
Guided by his hearing, smell, taste, and touch - he lets the
sensations restore the most faithful
image. The experience calls for an extreme concentration and a complete
disconnect with time - strongly guided by his subconscious.
Dreaming Reality is
an invitation to enter the subconscious mind. One can map the recurring
symbols, situations and characters that thread each work. This exhibit not only
shows individual realities but reveals the bonding narrative – our common truth
- one that may impact the viewer's own subconscious, behavior and life.
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| Ahmet Murat Karayilan, The Queen Cassiopeia, 23" x 35" oil and collage on canvas |
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