{"id":5511,"date":"2008-03-06T13:34:59","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T18:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/h\/?p=5511"},"modified":"2016-09-01T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T19:17:02","slug":"shape-up-tamara-gayer-installation-project-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/shape-up-tamara-gayer-installation-project-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Shape Up – Tamara Gayer, installation (Project Gallery)"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 14th, 2008- March 31st, 2008<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

SHAPE-UP<\/p>\n

Tamara Gayer<\/p>\n

March 6 \u2013 March 31, 2008<\/p>\n

Opening, March 14 from 6-9 pm
\nClosing party, March 29 from 6-9 pm<\/p>\n

Gallery MC and LMAKprojects are pleased to announce their second collaboration: \u201cShape Up\u201d, a project by Tamara Gayer. For the exhibition, the artist will transform the project space into in urban
\nlandscape of bold colors and geometrical shapes, expressing the
\nartist personal experiences amongst these buildings and intersections. By bridging notions of mental and public space, Gayer
\nenables viewers to position themselves within the reconstructed site.<\/p>\n

Shape Up – the show – reflects multiple meanings of the phrase. The
\ntitle is not only a \u2018wink\u2019 to getting in shape, but a reference to
\nthe current situation in the city; large scale construction abounds,
\nbuildings are being renovated, deconstructed or destroyed, while new ones rise from the ground like mushrooms. This seemingly never-ending reconfiguration is changing the physical shape of the city all the while mutating its character. Gayer has always been fixated on how completely she lives in the city. Her fascination encompasses its physical presence (skyscrapers, vinyl siding, cracked sidewalks, gigantic plasma screens and so forth) and its psychological fluctuations. Gayer works in the vein of a romantic ecologist: she is interested in the ebb and flow of the urban landscape, which etches its form on our behavior, wearing into our comprehension. Her images combine spatial representations of urban landscape with abstract pattering. The three dimensional images represent all the varied and diverse functions that a city encompasses, randomly: government offices, hotels, parks and apartments; while the patterns (somewhat more abstract) stand in for our reactions. She creates her work by projecting a glamorized image of the city on traditionally unused or underused parts of exhibition spaces. In Shape Up she will use the windows and floor to reconfigure the office area. Her images, suspended between two and three dimensions, are created from adaptations of large-scale drawings (simultaneously handmade and computer generated) morphed into appliqu\u00e9s of self-adhesive vinyl, wall paintings and other advertising \u2018mediums\u2019.<\/p>\n

With \u2018Shape Up\u2019 Tamara Gayer is redefining her role as an artist in
\nlight of her recent experience as a political activist. She has shown
\nextensively in New York and abroad including at Priska Juschka Fine Art, Kunst Buero, ExitArt and Foxy Production. Her work is
\nrepresented in many prominent collections including that of the
\nMuseum of Modern Art. Together with the Vigalante, she is half of
\nCombina-Cuchina, a creative partnership that spans visual art, music,
\nvideo and performance. She currently resides in Brooklyn and is in
\nthe process of piecing together her ideal city.<\/p>\n

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Landing Web, duratrans print in light box. 2008<\/p>\n

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Gallery hours:
\nTuesday \u2013 Saturday from 12 \u2013 6 pm
\nAdditional hours:
\nMarch 30 and 31 from 12 \u2013 6 pm and by appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gallery MC and LMAKprojects are pleased to announce their second collaboration: \u201cShape Up\u201d, a project by Tamara Gayer. For the exhibition, the artist will transform the project space into in urban
\nlandscape of bold colors and geometrical shapes, expressing the
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