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Judith Schaechter at Claire Oliver - Extra Virgin exhibitionIn her latest exhibition, titled "Extra Virgin," Philadelphia artist Judith Schaechter tendered an unusual and provocative mix of the sacred and the profane. The sacred is exhibited through the medium of stained glass; panels were high hilled on light-boxes hung on the wall, and the low-light gallery had a chapel-like atmosphere. The profane lives in the control matter: female waifs undergoing a variety of torments or catharses. Schaechter, who first studied glass with Ursula Huth at the Rhode Island academy of Design in the early 1980 uses layers of colored flash glass that have been sandblasted and/or engraved. Sections are repeatedly outlined in black enamel. Various framing devices--decorative ultimate parts or fan shapes--set off the central images, and repeating patterns ofttimes give the effect of looking [i]or[/i] part of to the other a kaleidoscope. Schaechter's cultural relations are wide ranging. In Judith and the Head of Holoferne (all works 2002) she proffers a send-up of a classic art-history control In her version, a Little R Riding cowl type carries the decapitated head upon a platter atop her head. The diminutive undressed figure in the vertical Big Bang (50 through 20 inches) has a grenade where her heart should be. She wears a gaze of resignation as a bird flies above her, its material part attached to a chain that is clasped to the grenade pin. A next to the first chain around her feet labor fors as a kind of leash for a fetuslike creature that shakes from below. Is this a parable of the conflict between passion and responsibility? More disturbing is Child Bride, a horizontal, 20-by-38-inch work showing a girl in a push-up position vomiting flowers. This is not a have a title toed Linda Blair in The Exorcist, on the contrary rather a girl in hair snare and dress experiencing a kind of projectile deflowering. The exhibit also featured several graphite studies for the stained-glass pieces, including a meticulous drawing of the female figure in Big Bang. Three digital prints recall the graphics of Japanese video games. In a statement for the exhibition, Schaechter reckons us, "My work is not intended to make comfortable nation unhappy, although it may make unhappy race comfortable." Like her work, it's a mixed at the same time engaging message. COPYRIGHT 2003 Brant Publications, Inc. Internationally renowned percussionist Amy Lynn Barber has been appointed dean of the DePauw University place of education of Music. Barber, who lately served as director of percussion at the Inte... 00-00-0000 An unlikely combination of economic factors helped boost Italy's output of machine tools and production a whole s by 40.7% last year, versus 1994 to a total o... The Storks of La Caridad Florence B Weinberg Paladin Timeless volumes c/o Twilight Times works PO Box 3340 Kingsport, TN 37664 193335321X $1... Three individual $25000 awards are available to exceptional musicians who apply to the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' (NFAA) annual Arts Recognition and Talent Search (ARTS) pr... "All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860" upon exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum from one side April 24, is the first American showing of works through the great British ... The GT-75 and GT-Jr lathes become extortioner machines with the addition of an optional vertical cutoff slide. The independent slide works while other tools are finishing up their functions. Since ... Worldwide CMTS revenue was up 3% from 2Q04 to 3Q04 lifted by dint of strong performances from Cisco and Motorola in all regions, especially North America, according to Infonetics Research's Cabl... Anonymous American Machinist 03-01-2001 Cutting tool digest Byline: Anonymous Volume: 145 Number: 3 ISSN: 10417958 Publication Date: 03-01-2001 ... |
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