Emily Mcelwreath is pleased to present ARTIFACT / TCAFITRA, a solo exhibition of new works by artist Lizzie Gill at Spring Break New York 2022.
On View September 7 - 12, 625 Madison Ave
Uncanny
/ˌənˈkanē/ Adjective
Mysterious or impossible to explain, especially when causing uneasiness or astonishment.
Is it night? Is it day? As we step into Gill's adult fable, the viewer is fully transported into an imagined landscape. Her dreamlike vessels are archeological explorations, geographic and cultural, actual and mythical, that the artist has seen and re imagined, or imagined without having seen. Elements of psychedelic culture combined with surrealist assemblage, invite us to imagine an alternative reality where the perceptual reversal between object and place creates new, imagined landscapes. Challenging preconceived spatial relationships, her large-scale mixed media paintings are layered investigations of found imagery. Sourcing references from museum archives, vintage magazines & geotags, she utilizes collage as a metaphor for material improvisation & escapism. Drawing inspiration from the surrealist mise en scène created by Man Ray in “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman” amphoras are placed with careful purpose, a restricted color palette sets the tone, objects appearing like apparitions insist on being looked at anew.