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IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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| SOLO-EXHIBITION
of the Work of: ROBERT
BRINKER | Foul Play
@ SARA TECCHIA ROMA NEW YORK
529 West 20th Street, between Tenth Avenue and Eleventh
Avenue, second floor.
DATES: January 31 - March
8, 2008
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, January
31, 2008: 6-8 pm
GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday through Saturday,
10:00am - 6:00 pm.or by appointment
CONTACT: For more information, contact
212.741.2900, or visit www.saratecchia.com
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| “I
love the expression ‘foul play.’
It’s just a ball out of bounds, isn’t
it? Or a poke in the nethers. But the sound,
the associations. Foul — a word meaning
noxious, polluted, stinking, vile. And play,
such a happy, childish word, all smiles and
blond curls in the sunlight.” |
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Cathleen Schine, “The Dead and The Naked” |
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| Sara
Tecchia Roma New York is pleased to present
a solo-exhibition of the work of Robert Brinker
entitled “Foul Play.”Like the phrase
itself, this new series of graphite and cut
paper is a mass of contradictions |
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| As
a child, Brinker was presented by his parents
with the toy Trace and Color, which gives the
illusion of creation while actually dictating
the end product. It is his earliest memory of
creative experience. “The idea,”
says Brinker, “was that you would trace
the different characters to ‘create’
your own ‘original,’”when
actually the only autonomy was with the later
alterations of each set scene. “A similar
process,” he says, “has propelled
me into my current work almost 30 years later.”
Brinker’s cut drawings mirrors this toy
thematically and visually. He imposes strict
rules and regulations on his work — a
“definite performance and sequence of
actions,” he says — but beneath
this sobriety of process lies an unplanned yet
innate distrust of such boundaries. |
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| At
first glance Brinker’s work is vaguely
abstract, almost innocuous. But when the eye
follows the feuille of cut paper and the dark
graphite tracings, a completely different picture
emerges. Shadowed by the layering of media and
the calm yet chaotic scramble of images, the
sparkling stars, bows and placid flowers slowly
morph into more startling figurations: phalluses,
orifices and raw and oddly sexual activities.
With Brinker’s work, seeing is not believing
but unveiling. The power of the work rests on
the shock of discovery, mixed with self-doubt,
of those encountering uncharted territories
of visual recognition. |
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SARA
TECCHIA ROMA NEW YORK is located at 529 West
20th Street, between Tenth Avenue and Eleventh
Avenue. The gallery is on the second floor.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to
6pm or by appointment. For more information,
contact 212-741-2900, or visit www.saratecchia.com |
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Squeeze
Play
2007
graphite, cut paper and mylar
38 x 50 inches |
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Snipets
2007
graphite, cut paper and mylar
44 x 30 inches |
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