June 3 – July 8, 2006
RECEPTION Saturday, June 3rd, 5 – 8 pm
CAROL KAUFMAN
drawings
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SKY PAPE
drawing breath
d.e.n. contemporary art proudly presents Drawings,
an exhibition of new work by the southern California-based artist
CAROL KAUFMAN, beginning June 3 and continuing
through July 8.
Kaufman executes her drawings with precision using graphite and sometimes
colored pencil. Viewing the work at mid-distance, they glow with the
industrial sheen of metal or lead. Upon closer viewing, a quality
of depth is revealed by minute silvery strokes laid across the surface
in a variety of directions. Kaufman draws with such assiduous concentration
and varied tonality, that through such labor-intensive effort the
drawings have the weight and impenetrability of painting.
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Kaufman lives and works in downtown
Los Angeles. She has exhibited her work extensively in reputable galleries
throughout California, including solo exhibitions at Kiyo Higashi
Gallery, and group exhibitions with Angles Gallery, Modernism, Patricia
Faure Gallery, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, and others.
d.e.n. contemporary art proudly presents the first Los Angeles
solo exhibition for New York-based artist SKY PAPE,
in Drawing Breath, an exhibition of new work on paper from June 3
through July 8.
Using universally familiar materials such as ink, graphite and paper,
Pape executes her drawings using the most primal element in human
nature: the breath. Pape propels the ink around the hand-made paper
by blowing it with a tube rather than applying it with a brush or
pen. The painterly lines are then carefully cut out, assembled and
layered into a topographical pattern. The resulting work evokes such
organic forms as arterial/physiological systems, botanical branches,
roots, and sinuous waterways.
Pape is Canadian-born and lives and works in New York City. Her work
has been exhibited widely throughout the U.S. and abroad, and is included
in several public collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. She
is the recipient of several honors and awards, including grants from
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation and, most recently, the E.D. Foundation.
A reception for both artists will be held Saturday, June 3,
from 5 – 8 p.m. The gallery is located at 6023 Washington
Blvd. in Culver City and our hours are Tuesday - Saturday from 11:00
to 5:30. For additional information and visual material, please contact
us at (310) 559-3023 or info@dencontemporaryart.com
The gallery will also be participating in the 1st Annual Culver
City ArtWalk on June 3rd, from 12 noon to 8 p.m.
Please visit www.culvercity.org for ArtWalk details.
©2006