Brian Kain / Ledelle Moe / Tammra Sigler
September 21 - October 30, 2004
‹ Ledelle Moe
Think what would have happened if John Cage collaborated with Chris Burden, Marc Chagall morphed with Jean Tinguely, and Henry Moore moved to Burma. Art can’t help but refer to other art, whether in reality and intent, or simply within the viewer’s imagination.
Maryland Art Place (MAP) is currently showing three innovative exhibitions by artists whose work stands in strong counterpoint to one another. One artist has forged a dynamic career as a painter and printmaker, exhibiting work widely across the nation and beyond. Another is a conceptual artist inspired by the nature of simultaneity that melds and renders our perceptions of sound, memory and the effects of time on seemingly mundane sites, while the third is a white South African challenged by a paradoxical search for legitimacy and accountability regarding the historic injustices her race hoisted upon many people of her native land. This is a diverse trio of exhibitions that should challenge and inspire audiences.
MAP’s visitors may find it curious that the exuberant (and serious) meditations of Tammra Sigler’s paintings—inspired by games, toys, puzzles, the DC area sniper and recent military conflicts— meld with Brian Kain’s stripped-down conceptual, musical and architectonic works, while balancing against a stark and monumental sculpture by South African artist Ledelle Moe, reminiscent of scattered fragments of a Buddhist ruin that could be discovered while exploring remote depths of an East Asian jungle. Seldom do gallery guests travel such great distances than when considering these three solo exhibitions of painting, sculpture and media installation.
MAP invites the public to the season’s first group artists’ talk, with each artist discussing their art and ideas. This event will take place on Thursday, September 23 from 6-7pm, followed by a reception from 7-9pm. The opening is free and encourages the public to join the discussion about the artists’ work and issues relevant to contemporary art.
