Plus Gallery commences the fall season by welcoming renowned artist Kate Petley back to the spotlight with her third solo exhibition "One Big Dream" from September 9th through October 16th. The exhibition comes on the heels of a major year for Petley, following significant developments in her work that led to an expansive solo exhibition at Wyoming's Nicolaysen Art Museum in January, as well as inclusion in the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs curatorial endeavor "4 x 4: 4 artists, 4 curators" later in May. The attention Petley has received throughout her career at the institutional level is in perfect tandem with her focused and innovative studio practice. "One Big Dream" showcases an artist fully charged and at the top of her form.
Working in resin and mixed mediums for over a decade, Petley's abstract compositions are the result of isolated fragments unified into a dazzling, coherent whole. Referring to her collaged panels as "flat screens" that freeze the image, they are thoughtfully constructed using an intuitive process based on her personal experience of location. Her vocabulary has expanded greatly in the last year, producing results that exude mysterious, elegant textures and sensuous color-qualities that are largely indescribable without seeing the works firsthand. Relying upon an unforgiving, technically sophisticated process, every decision Petley makes is visible. The images appear to be coaxed into behaving as if they arranged themselves automatically without intervention. Elements of youthful street-art give the composition an edge, along with an array of subtle fragments that relate to semi-urban environments, demonstrating both the ordinariness and spectacular beauty of our world.
Working in resin and mixed mediums for over a decade, Petley's abstract compositions are the result of isolated fragments unified into a dazzling, coherent whole. Referring to her collaged panels as "flat screens" that freeze the image, they are thoughtfully constructed using an intuitive process based on her personal experience of location. Her vocabulary has expanded greatly in the last year, producing results that exude mysterious, elegant textures and sensuous color-qualities that are largely indescribable without seeing the works firsthand. Relying upon an unforgiving, technically sophisticated process, every decision Petley makes is visible. The images appear to be coaxed into behaving as if they arranged themselves automatically without intervention. Elements of youthful street-art give the composition an edge, along with an array of subtle fragments that relate to semi-urban environments, demonstrating both the ordinariness and spectacular beauty of our world.
Come see one of the standout exhibitions of the fall season and meet Kate at the opening on September 9th from 6-8pm
KATE PETLEY: The Corner of the Dayresin and film on plexiglas, 25 x 37.5 inches, 2010
And lastly, we highly recommend picking up the new Arcade Fire album "The Suburbs" that was released last week. It is simply extraordinary, showing a band so comfortable in their own skin that they turn out another masterpiece in only their third try.
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