Art Gallery
FEAR IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
An On-Site Art Exhibit at Omega Institute's Spring Conference Being Fearless
April 13–15, 2007 *
Sheraton New York Hotel
811 Seventh Avenue, NYC
Central Park West Ballroom
2nd Floor
* Open to the public April 14–15, 2007
FEAR IS A FOUR LETTER WORD, an exhibition curated by Kathleen Cooley and D. Dominick Lombardi investigates how the contemporary visual artist interprets fear and fearlessness. The exhibition will feature videos, paintings, sculptures and kinetic art from a variety of artists with a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences. And in these works, it is our hope that the viewer will better understand the depth and breadth of how this subject of fear and fearlessness manifests itself in the minds of some of our more compelling artists.
For instance, in the paintings of Rachel Phillips, exhibition visitors will see the tension and release of fear that culminates in the work titled TESTTUBE. Here we see a stirring rendition of a Surrealist vision that changes and winds through space and emotions like a dream. Michael Zansky's GLOBE, a kinetic freestanding sculpture, defines fear on a more universal scale using a bending lens that distorts a spinning globe inhabited by creepy figures and doll parts. Here, fear becomes a toy to manipulate in the hands of the artist, as he guides us through a symbol of these very turbulent times.
Yuliya Lanina's installations and video chronicles the lives and habits of magical creatures right out of a child's imaginings. Prompted by dolls and fairy tales, the artist brings to the fore, the very origins of fear in the human psyche, while German Pitre takes the fluffier variety of childhood toys and breaks through the muck and morass of fear.
Make sure you visit the gallery before or after attending the conference.
FEAR IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
IS PRESENTED BY OMEGA INSTITUTE
Curators:
D. Dominick Lombardi, Curator, Artist and Writer.
Kathleen Cooley, Creative Design Manager, Omega Institute
We graciously thank the artists and the galleries representing their works.
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