Safe-T-Gallery
is pleased to announce “Resonance” an
exhibition of sculpture, installation and works on paper by abstract-conceptual
artist Ula Einstein. The exhibition will open on Thursday, March 1, and
close on Saturday, March 31, with a reception for the artist on Thursday,
March 1st from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
Ula Einstein creates objects that are small and intimate and that
can span the wall of a entire room. Working with fire and ink,
eggshells
and rice paper, tyvek and razors, her works are akin to memory and
identity, they are fragile and ethereal constructs. Shadows are
as important as
their sources. Her multi-layered drawings are made with fire, blades
and thread, and allow both the density and emptiness of each layer
to be felt throughout. The near obsessive mark-making evokes
continuing
rituals but also the fragility of traditions and the desire to break
free. There is a quality of recovered ancient texts to some works,
we sense that the marks are important, but can’t decipher
exactly what they say. In some of the more sculptural pieces
we see eggshells
literally wrapped in layers of words, words that simultaneously protect,
define and constrain the original fragile objects. Coils are enveloped
with words, dense, concealing and revealing.
Of her work, Ms. Einstein writes, “I impart line and
mark making as a long continuous and interrupted dialogue. I am dealing with
the
impermanence of things and with inevitable relentless change. Perception
is everything. Conceptually I am engaged with notions of both positive
and negative space, and the breath existing in both.”
Ula
Einstein was born in Switzerland and now lives and works in New York
City. Ms. Einstein has participated in numerous museum and gallery
exhibitions
throughout the United States and the UK. Her works are included in
private collections internationally. This will be her first one-person
show in
New York. More information, images and directions are available at
the gallery website www.safetgallery.com. You can hear a recent radio
interview
with the artist by clicking <Hear> |
