Hilarie Mais. Night Smile.

About

The works included in this exhibition were all made during the night-time hours: a curious connection to Uglow, who would break his self-imposed rules in the studio during the evening. Large grids are paired with small twin cubes that command presence on a smaller scale. The twin cubes hang as pairs. The left element is a constructed piece, the right is an illusion of the left existing in the slippage between sculpture and painting.

Mais finds herself revisiting the spatial relationships in her sleep and awakes to try and solve concerns within her work. She uses the memory palace technique, and it is, in essence, a nocturnal filing system. By privileging the interior mental images to drive her across the physical act of making work, she connects to Surrealism's call for the near automatic recording of visions achieved in a dream state. This is a feat that Giacometti achieved majestically in The Palace At 4 am.