Perla Krauze's MEMORY AND TRACES to Open 5/16 at Howard Scott Gallery
By: BWW News Desk May. 11, 2013
Howard Scott Gallery has announced the third solo exhibition of recent paintings by the Mexico City based artist Perla Krauze. "Memory and Traces" will open on Thursday, May 16th, with a reception for the artist that evening from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition runs through June 22, 2013.
Perla Krauze principal concerns as an artist involve time and memory and the effect which the passage of time has upon material and upon man-made objects -including works of art- as well as the effect of time upon the memory of what one has seen and experienced. Integral to this ongoing investigation is the exploration and use of dualities, dichotomies, and opposites. She works with the contrast between a coexistence of the rational and the intuitive -between the permanent and the ephemeral - the natural and the artificial - and the physical and the spiritual.
These paintings start with actual frottage on the canvas or linen from the floors and pavements she encounters wherever she works. The series is made basically in her studio in Mexico City. Sometimes the imprints are visibly - becoming light, almost fragile drawings on the canvas or linen. At other times they become much more painterly, covered by layers of paint, still the imprints are there. Krauze uses the structure of the stretchers to make many decisions beforehand - how to make more visible the wooden frame in the painting itself.
Ms. Krauze received a Master in Fine Arts degree in 1993 from Chelsea College of Art in London, following studies at Goldsmith's College of London University and at the National University (ENAP) in Mexico City. She has been exhibiting her work publicly since 1983 and has had solo exhibitions at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City and at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Oaxaca. Krauze was invited to the MacDowell Colony for a 3 months residency in 2012.
Howard Scott Gallery is located at 529 W. 20th, 7th Floor, New York, NY. Call 646-486-7004 or visit www.howardscottgallery.com for more information.
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