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Push / Strike / Resist
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Exhibition
Push / Strike / Resist
25 Jan 2017 – 18 Feb 2017
Address
- New York Artists Equity Association, Inc.
- 245 Broome Street
- New York
New York - 10002
- United States
The three artists explore how we confront boundaries – physical, natural, social and political – and examine different approaches to negotiating tension and resistance.
About
Equity Gallery is pleased to announce Push/Strike/Resist, a group exhibition in collaboration with Residency Unlimited, featuring the works of Keren Benbenisty, Liliya Lifanova and Brett Swenson.
The three artists explore how we confront boundaries – physical, natural, social and political – and examine different approaches to negotiating tension and resistance.
Keren Benbenisty investigates how nature both undermines and overtakes man-made physical and political borders in the Mediterranean. In her new video work, she examines our comprehension of the magnitude of nature in a hypnotic translation of nautical charts of the depths of the sea.
Liliya Lifanova breaks and mends surfaces, redefining drawing in a site-specific installation of bull-whipped paper and pins. In her ceramic sculptures invoking Czech border fortifications, Lifanova juxtaposes fragility and strength, while addressing the need for tension to achieve physical balance.
Brett Swenson’s obsidian and jack-post installation invades the gallery space with a symbiosis of the natural and man-made. He pushes the limits of the materials while the work seemingly extends beyond the gallery’s vertical boundaries.
With a shared emphasis on materiality and experimentation, each of the artists exposes in their work the desire to break down false limits and the range of human emotions that come when confronting the unknown.
