FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

3                                                      June 30 – August 12, 2005

ADDIE HERDER

ROBERT WARNER

C.K. WILDE

PAVEL ZOUBOK GALLERY is pleased to announce the opening of our summer exhibition “3” featuring ADDIE HERDER, ROBERT WARNER and C.K. WILDE, whose collages and constructions explore the convergence of the mechanized and natural worlds.

Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, June 30, from 6-8pm, or during the run of the exhibition, which continues through August 12.

The gallery is located at: 533 West 23rd Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues)

Summer Hours: Monday – Friday, 11am-6pm

ADDIE HERDER creates machine-like abstractions and densely layered structures that often resemble miniature stage sets from the mass of printed ephemera that fills our daily lives. Since the late 1950s, she has developed a distinct vocabulary of architectonic forms that in combination express the industrial character of the urban environment on an intimate scale.

The current exhibition juxtaposes works from the 1960s and 1970s that recall the metaphorical and mechanistic structures of Duchamp and Picabia with more organic compositions that refer obliquely to the natural world.

ROBERT WARNER combines found images and objects with 19th century letter press printing to create distinctly surreal images that blend Cornellian whimsy with a uniquely contemporary perspective. As curator and master printer of Bowne & Company stationers in New York City, the artist draws from an incredible archive of visual and typographical source material, which he often prints in unusually bright inks and on varied surfaces such as metallic foil or corrugated paper. A close friend and colleague of the late Ray Johnson, Warner has long been an active member of the Mail Art community.   

C.K. WILDE’s intricate collages; composed from countless fragments of actual currency, both foreign and domestic, are visual evocations of city life. Using money as his medium, Wilde raises important questions regarding our collective obsession with social and economic status, and the perception of value in our relationship to works of art. Perhaps the most poignant expressions of this connection between art and commerce are his self-portrait in U.S. dollars and an equally striking portrait of fellow artist Mark Wagner, who has also collaborated with the artist on related works.

For additional information and images please contact Julie Brunner Cross at (212) 675 7490 or julie@pavelzoubok.com