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Cherry and Martin: NOAH SHELDON - 7 Nov 2009 to 12 Dec 2009 Current Exhibition |
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Noah Sheldon, Untitled, 2009
C-print, framed, 28 x 35 inches |
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NOAH SHELDON November 7 - December 12, 2009 Opening reception is Saturday,November 7th from 6-9pm Cherry and Martin presents Noah Sheldon�s second solo exhibition at the gallery consisting of sculpture, photographs and sound works that allow a free association of sound and vision, memory, landscape and bodily sensation. Interested in synesthesic environments�meaning an environment that invokes all the senses in their totality, but not necessarily in their expected roles�Noah Sheldon presents works that allow a free association of sound and vision, memory, landscape and bodily sensation. An artist New York Times critic Roberta Smith has described as �skilled at separating beauty from the material world, while reminding us it is just about everywhere,� previous works by Sheldon have included a photographic exploration of the rainbows that appear continually in the mist surrounding Niagara falls; an upright piano in which the reverberation of each tone played was modified by successive reverberations; and a motorized wind chime sculpture made from perfectly chiming fence post caps. The results of Sheldon�s work are simple, yet deep-seated. The composition of Noah Sheldon�s second solo exhibition at Cherry and Martin will begin with visual fragments in an archive of small photographs, laid out on a table for viewers to contemplate. Taken while retracing a road trip to New Mexico, a few large framed photographs will counterpoint the archive in the space. Another set of works will be a series of sculptures inspired by Sheldon�s very first sculptures as a child. Constructed from basic materials of wood, glue and nails, Sheldon will re-create from a recalled set of rules given as the assignment of the original childhood project. An audio component will be included in the exhibition, either as an audio piece or as a sculpture that creates sound. Noah Sheldon studied Percussion and New Music at the New England Conservatory of Music. He received his BA with a concentration in photography from Sarah Lawrence College and his MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. His recent solo exhibition at Yautapec in Mexico City was a formal portraiture studio inspired by Walker Evans�s 1936 Penny Picture Display, Savannah, Georgia, and its brilliantly captured assemblage of individual stories and personas. The resulting piece has been described as �a total work within Yautepec that [was] at once performance, sculpture, and document of its time.� Other solo exhibitions include, D�Amelio Terras (New York, NY) and Southfirst (Brooklyn, NY). Sheldon�s work was featured in Ensemble, curated by Christian Marclay, at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia, PA); and has been included in group exhibitions at John Connelly Presents (New York, NY); PS.1 Museum of Contemporary Art (Long Island City, NY), the Swiss Institute (New York, NY) and the Queens Museum (Queens, New York). Cherry and Martin gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am-6pm or by appointment. For further information and images contact Mary Leigh Cherry or Philip Martin at 310.559.0100. |
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