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THE FIREPLACE PROJECT, a contemporary art gallery/project in East Hampton, is pleased to present the next exhibition, "The Radiant Guest", an exhibit by two artists, Paul P., and Scott Treleaven.
Exhibition dates: July 9, through July 26, 2010.
Opening reception: Saturday, July 17, 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
Treleaven's and P.’s works illustrate a bold fascination with perceptual shifts. Overall they share an obfuscating quality, one that increases the depth of perception or sensation - out of the murk emerge clearer, unexpected ideas. In P.'s case, it's a response to natural phenomenon - mists, dusks, sunsets and sunrises, light on water, the anonymous model. Treleaven employs a combination of collage and traditional photographic techniques to create uncanny vignettes and fleeting rendezvous of figures and shadow.
The sense of fugitive marvel inherent in both artists’ work moves analogously from their landscapes to their portraits; the countenances, taken from vintage gay publications in P.’s case, or from Treleaven’s own studio, belie their origins and adopt the atmosphere they are submerged in. The landscapes receive all the sensuality and possibility that the figures suggest, making for a feeling of ’interiority’ that works to both collapse and extend the picture field. At the same, they refine and complicate what we expect from documentation and rendering.
Paul P. will exhibit new painting, Scott Treleaven will exhibit new collage photographic works. This is the first time, after many requests by curators and galleries, that the artists have collaborated on an exhibition project.
THE FIREPLACE PROJECT is located in the former Talmage garage at 851 Springs Fireplace Road, in the Springs historic district, across from the Pollock-Krasner House.
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