12/21/14 The Rest of the Story from Nov. 24

It’s taken me almost a month to get back to the rest of what we saw on Nov. 24.  But, still on at Robischon Gallery until Jan 3, 2015 are Ann Hamilton: Selected Works, Jae Ko: Force of Nature and a group show of work by Linda Fleming, Ted Larsen, Derrick Velasquez and Judy Pfaff.

Ann Hamilton’s work has been mostly very large multimedia installations including The Event of a Thread in the New York Park Avenue Armory last year (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fJ4umqXGjM), a show involving 42 swings and an enormous piece of white fabric.  At the Robischon Gallery, however were two “ciliaries” and a number of “visite" prints.  My eye was immediately drawn to one of the Ciliaries,  a work looking like soft textile but instead made of folded lithographic sheets printed with bands of lines in varying intensities in a the single red hue with a burst of fabric in the center.

Behind the main gallery, in a comfortable seating area, a video of Hamilton’s work from the TV series Art In the 21st Century was running.  It was very exciting to hear her speak and watch her process.

Amazing for her use of simple materials (rolls of paper adding machine tape) to create structures of commanding presence, were the works by Jae Ko in Force of Nature.  Whether compressed in solid form or allowed to twist and turn in waves across an entire gallery wall, her work was both graceful and imposing.

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In contrast, Ted Larsen’s Round Corner had a delightful crispness of both color and form, moving the eye back and forth between positive and negative spaces.

Judy Pfaff has been a regular exhibitor at Robischon.  Her work, Sing, was reminiscent of pieces shown last year.  Pfaff played the crispness of cut and dyed file folders against more organic shapes of plastic pieces and origami and artificial flowers.

Robischon Gallery never disappoints me.  Their shows are always thought-provoking and their gallery personnel are always available for a warm greeting and to knowledgeably answer any questions.