The Hatchway Gallery at Florida Avenue Brewing Company Presents:
Falling Over the Edge
New works by Janett Pulido and Beth Plakidas
Reception Saturday December 13, 2014 from 6 pm to 10 pm (Happy Hour 4pm to 7pm)
Exhibition runs: December 9, 2014 – January 2, 2015
Beth Plakidas and Janett Pulido have collaborated together for an exhibition that questions our general perception of painting. The work is marked by an interest in materiality and the expansive ideas of what a painting could be, by utilizing tools and mediums outside of the traditional convention. Questioning social norms and values, the artists attempt to break up the convention of painting by deconstructing the concept of the stretcher (support) and the canvas (surfaces). Beth and Janett confront the audience in a playful and thoughtful manner by the use of found objects. The work shares an affinity for transgressing from the traditional rectangular format to create an intense engagement with the materiality of painting, the support and the paint itself. The work pushes out the edge of the painting, playing with the basic structure of wood supports, stretched and un-stretched canvases. The work verges on sculpture and challenges the perimeters of the painting, pushing beyond the boundary and entering the viewer's space. It is composed of personal mark-making that values joy, uncertainty, and failure in the form of crude abstraction.
Falling Over the Edge
New works by Janett Pulido and Beth Plakidas
Reception Saturday December 13, 2014 from 6 pm to 10 pm (Happy Hour 4pm to 7pm)
Exhibition runs: December 9, 2014 – January 2, 2015
Beth Plakidas and Janett Pulido have collaborated together for an exhibition that questions our general perception of painting. The work is marked by an interest in materiality and the expansive ideas of what a painting could be, by utilizing tools and mediums outside of the traditional convention. Questioning social norms and values, the artists attempt to break up the convention of painting by deconstructing the concept of the stretcher (support) and the canvas (surfaces). Beth and Janett confront the audience in a playful and thoughtful manner by the use of found objects. The work shares an affinity for transgressing from the traditional rectangular format to create an intense engagement with the materiality of painting, the support and the paint itself. The work pushes out the edge of the painting, playing with the basic structure of wood supports, stretched and un-stretched canvases. The work verges on sculpture and challenges the perimeters of the painting, pushing beyond the boundary and entering the viewer's space. It is composed of personal mark-making that values joy, uncertainty, and failure in the form of crude abstraction.
