February Show: It's a Matter of Time

For Immediate Release:

Portland, Maine – February 2011

It's A Matter of Time

February 9^th – March 19^th

“It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.” Francois Rabelais Sylvia Kania Gallery's February show explores experiences of time through multiple angles documenting it's passage. We welcome guest artist Blake Hiltunan who's work utilizes natural materials that have been re-contextualized to question man's relationship between self imposed social hierarchies and the natural forces occurring in the world. The large beeswax relief “The Aesthetic Beauty of Labor II” (pictured left) is a relic of of the artistic process and the time it takes to create a single work. Hiltunan also explores the decaying nature of time with sulfuric acid and marble leading to the creation of calcium carbonate. Gallery artists Seth Mullendor and Bridget McAlonan each present new works as well. Mullendor's piece “Six Years” is a time-delayed self-portrait. Six pictures were taken, one from each year for the past six years and cut into a grid of squares. The fragments were then blindly reassembled into new grids to form the six pieces that comprise the series. McAlonan gives us the “Lunar Tango”, a study of phases of the moon with respect to image and the imperfect math that was developed by older men in power centuries ago that has lead to the creation of leap years and other recalibrations to create validity.

Jess Lauren's Obsessive Tendencies series presses on with the third installation “Somme Nous les Jouets du Destin” (we are the puppets of destiny) . This piece consists of multiple teacups existing in time and place together. Each will have it's own life cycle in the company of others, much like our own experiences.