TORN

In this show we are looking to expand on the definition of and concepts surrounding the word "torn" by featuring exciting works which result in whole or part from the action of tearing the material it is composed of (ex: collage, fiber, painting, assemblage), documentation of the residue of the action (ex: a photograph) or through the creation of a composition with competing elements or narratives which don't completely unite (ex: drawing, painting, sculpture).

Many well-known artists channel their emotional energies into making work that embodies and transcends the experience of being human. They do this after internalizing events they experience (either personally or occurring outside themselves) and reinterpreting these events through elegant formal means or the juxtaposition of textures, forms and color. They may also render their work by tearing, repairing and reassembling their materials as a way of processing the events in whole or part which may or may not be visible to the viewer. There may be a sense of joy and freedom in the act of tearing a material from which something new is created. Competing elements or narratives may also create an exciting intellectual and visceral tension.

Artists:
Alice Sims-Gunzenhauser, Anders Goldfarb, Anne Gilley, Bob Rivera, Brad Terhune, Cara Galowitz, Charlotte Gould, Cynthia Egle-Grant, David Schlosser, Diane Phares, Dorit Shmuel, Elizabeth Finger, Erica Gavzy, Eva Weiss, Harriet Finck, James M Kozlik, Jenna Lynch, Jenny Krumpus, Jill Hellman, Joanne Park, John Patterson, Jon Levi, Joseph Marchesi, Karen Abada, Karen Allen, Kari Souders, Laura Lou Levy, Laurie Newman, Marc Phares, Matthew Schley, Melissa Harshman, Natalie Obermaier, Oksana Rosenblum, Rebecca Jaffe, Russell Christian, Shoshana Pofelis, Sharon Paster, Shawn Edrington, Shrenik Bambki, Stacy Bogdonoff, Steven Altarescu, Susan Reedy, Susan Hoffman Fishman, Tas Mahr.

Curated by Anne Trauben.