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THE SILENCE OF GOD, THE UNBEARABLE SILENCE OF GOD

March 26th-April 15th 2010

Featuring work by:

Matthew Brett (Richmond)
Andrew Laumann (Baltimore)
Jason Lazarus (Chicago)
Peter Sutherland (New York)
Ann Woo (Hong Kong)
Damon Zucconi (New York)

The works exhibited are representations of immaterialism, obliqueness, mysticism, and white noise. With one exception, the artists have either removed the central subject of their work, offered the impossible, or have attempted to replace what has been taken away – all examples of the mysterious and perplexing. By either showcasing absence or challenging what we believe to be incredulous we are forced as viewers to put together aspects of narrative and plausibility in our mind. Many of these works provoke a frustration in the mind of the viewer.

The show title comes from the following story - When collector Dominique de Menil was asked about the attraction to Rothko’s works he said that his works evoke “the mystery of the cosmos, the tragic mystery of our perishable condition,[and] the silence of God, the unbearable silence of God.”

Download an essay for the show here - http://freepdfhosting.com/ae91cb645e.pdf

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