Daina Higgins: New Paintings
Daina Higgins : 新画
Daina Higgins
Eliza Furnace
spray paint on panel
12" x 8"
Daina Higgins
Frozen Brooklyn
spray paint on panel
6" x 12"
Daina Higgins
The Run
spray paint on panel
12" x 8"
Daina Higgins
Bus Town
spray paint on panel
15" x 10"
Daina Higgins
Network
spray paint on panel
10" x 12"
Daina Higgins
Chambers
spray paint on panel
10" x 15"
February 9, 2006 – March 11, 2006
The Elizabeth Harris Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Daina Higgins. This will be her first one-person exhibition in New York .
Elizabeth Harris Gallery 将会展出Daina Higgins的新画，这将会是她第一次在纽约的个展。
In a recent statement describing her work Daina writes:
“I am continually entranced by the city and the detritus and decay within and surrounding it. Growing up in the Rust Belt, my playground was the post-industrial landscape. I learned to embrace this environment as a new frontier and came to see the hard won beauty among its quotidian aspects. Abandoned factories, rail yards, and warehouse districts became a place for art making and were conductive to my 12-year graffiti practice. This process altered my perception of the city. One could say that this perception of the ‘new' American landscape has allowed me to maintain spirituality as an artist living and working in New York City .
Daina 的作品了主要为美国的“新的”风景有关。她提起了小时候童年的环境，那些生锈的带子，游乐场的前身是废弃的工业区。她描绘了局部的被遗弃的风景， 一整排被遗忘的工厂，废弃的厂房， 生锈的铁路等都是她12年来的艺术实习的材料。她拥抱着城市每一天的面貌和新的脸孔.....
I begin by going for long journeys in the style of the ‘flaneur', the early 20 th Century phenomenon of the idle wanderer of the urban night. These dandies traipsed aimlessly through the streets of European cities after the advent of electric light. I choose any area based on its industrial quotient, and photograph objects and situations, in the day or at night. The photograph is used as a reference from which I visually dissect all the objects and beginning with the furthest in the picture plane, I draw its outline on paper and cut a stencil through which I spray paint on the panel. This begins a layering process in which I re-trace each stencil and use the outline as a marker for the next object closer to the viewer, which in turn gets drawn, cut out and painted. As I paint I bend and manipulate the stencil to achieve a desired effect. I mostly use black and white cans of Rustoleum and occasional color.
These paintings are made with spray paint, graffiti's seminal material. They are the result of developing a studio practice out of a rogue street practice. Places and traditions of the sub-culture are evident in the subject and others have been re-figured, such as the scale. The small scale of the work preserves the integrity of the spray paint and presents an intimate viewing experience that is appropriate for an indoor setting.”
The Gallery is located at 529 West 20 th Street , 6 th floor and is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 – 6 pm. There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, February 9, from 6-8 pm.
Daina Higgins : 新画
Daina Higgins
Eliza Furnace
spray paint on panel
12" x 8"
Daina Higgins
Frozen Brooklyn
spray paint on panel
6" x 12"
Daina Higgins
The Run
spray paint on panel
12" x 8"
Daina Higgins
Bus Town
spray paint on panel
15" x 10"
Daina Higgins
Network
spray paint on panel
10" x 12"
Daina Higgins
Chambers
spray paint on panel
10" x 15"
February 9, 2006 – March 11, 2006
The Elizabeth Harris Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Daina Higgins. This will be her first one-person exhibition in New York .
Elizabeth Harris Gallery 将会展出Daina Higgins的新画，这将会是她第一次在纽约的个展。
In a recent statement describing her work Daina writes:
“I am continually entranced by the city and the detritus and decay within and surrounding it. Growing up in the Rust Belt, my playground was the post-industrial landscape. I learned to embrace this environment as a new frontier and came to see the hard won beauty among its quotidian aspects. Abandoned factories, rail yards, and warehouse districts became a place for art making and were conductive to my 12-year graffiti practice. This process altered my perception of the city. One could say that this perception of the ‘new' American landscape has allowed me to maintain spirituality as an artist living and working in New York City .
Daina 的作品了主要为美国的“新的”风景有关。她提起了小时候童年的环境，那些生锈的带子，游乐场的前身是废弃的工业区。她描绘了局部的被遗弃的风景， 一整排被遗忘的工厂，废弃的厂房， 生锈的铁路等都是她12年来的艺术实习的材料。她拥抱着城市每一天的面貌和新的脸孔.....
I begin by going for long journeys in the style of the ‘flaneur', the early 20 th Century phenomenon of the idle wanderer of the urban night. These dandies traipsed aimlessly through the streets of European cities after the advent of electric light. I choose any area based on its industrial quotient, and photograph objects and situations, in the day or at night. The photograph is used as a reference from which I visually dissect all the objects and beginning with the furthest in the picture plane, I draw its outline on paper and cut a stencil through which I spray paint on the panel. This begins a layering process in which I re-trace each stencil and use the outline as a marker for the next object closer to the viewer, which in turn gets drawn, cut out and painted. As I paint I bend and manipulate the stencil to achieve a desired effect. I mostly use black and white cans of Rustoleum and occasional color.
These paintings are made with spray paint, graffiti's seminal material. They are the result of developing a studio practice out of a rogue street practice. Places and traditions of the sub-culture are evident in the subject and others have been re-figured, such as the scale. The small scale of the work preserves the integrity of the spray paint and presents an intimate viewing experience that is appropriate for an indoor setting.”
The Gallery is located at 529 West 20 th Street , 6 th floor and is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 – 6 pm. There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, February 9, from 6-8 pm.
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刚开始还以为是照片呢
刚开始还以为是照片呢
