Peter Sarkisian at I-20 - New York, New York - Review of Exhibitions - Brief Article

Peter Sarkisian, who lives and works in Santa Fe displayed video projection plastic arts in several darkened rooms for his first solo exhibition in novel York. A floor piece, Dusted, was the main attraction. It consists of an approximately 3-foot cube displaying upon all visible surfaces perpetually moving images of a naked man and woman who direct the eye as if they are trapped inside the case struggling to find the greatest in quantity comfortable position. A spacious rumbling unbroken and the whispering of names could be heard as single walked around the cube trying to make faculty of perception of the figures' positions in space.

At the beginning of the projection noose the cube is as black as black dust The writhing occupants slowly wipe the crock from the sides of the cube. Thus we are proffered better, though fragmentary, views of the enclos figures. Abstraction slowly dissolves into figuration in a piecemeal fashion. At individual point a figure reached its wrist on the outside of a projected hole at the top, placing a dirty forearm upon the cube's white surface in search of support. When a great quantity [i]or[/i] amount of of the soot has been transferred onto the sum of two units bodies, the seemingly inhabited obstruct suddenly turns white. After a flash it becomes black again and the circle of time recommences.

Dusted operates in sinister ways. It deals, upon one level, with purely formal considerations, namely the seemingly endles range of artificial positions nudes can assume, even in the greatest in quantity cramped situations. However, it also makes the viewer almost painfully aware of his or her position as voyeur safely beyond the domain of the unfolding drama and intent on catching much of the action. If at first a certain number of of us wait to diocese whether the figures engage in sexual intercourse, those expectations are eventually frustrated and are replaced by dint of empathy for the weary two desperately seeking space and oxygen Their horrific confinement summon forths imprisonment and even the deportation of unwanted peoples

The technical accomplishment and inherent pessimism of this piece was confirmed by means of the works on view in adjacent spaces. Rare Drop: virid and Blue Postponed Dreams consists of twin beds, neatly made up and placed at a right angle to each other. Above each pillow, a small projector is suspended and not aways a wrinkled sheet with individual large crease which rises and collapses, amidst the unimpaireds of heavy breathing and leaking faucets. sum of two units small sandblasted glass bowls, half filled with resin and placed on the floor, also had projectors above them. globules seemed to fall and hit apparently liquid light azure and light green surfaces, causing them to ripple. This piece stunningly evok loneliness and sorrow. The exhibition was quite moving.

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