PS122 Gallery is pleased to present paintings of recreational uses of the natural environment by Katie Archer and color photographs from her “5 Years of Bruises” series and other recent work by Kora Manheimer.
Katie Archer uses recovered internet images as inspiration in a series of paintings that focus on the intention of modified nature. Captured in broad brushstrokes, these recreational settings create an escape for the imagination in a world limited by technology and instant gratification.
Katie Archer graduated from the University of Texas with a BFA and went on to receive her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2000. This is Archer’s second show with PS122 Gallery and has also exhibited with Artists Space, CAA Conference, and Metro Pictures.
Kora Manheimer is showing work from two distinct sets of work that amuse the notions of social constructs. In 5 years of bruises a group of fifty to sixty photographs that uses a sense of humor to unfold five years in mundane accidents. Alongside 5 years of bruises, Manheimer will be showing selected recent works from several series’ that construct ambivalence between an intellectual appraisal and life unfolding before the camera.
Kora Manheimer graduated from Cooper Union and received a MFA from University of California at Los Angeles. She has had several exhibitions on both coasts including solo shows at WolfSuit Gallery, Partka Group, and Lola Gallery.
The hallway project is by Mary Schiliro. Titled, “A Light of It’s Own,” it is a continuation of her exploration into expanding the boundaries of painting and was inspired by the stained glass windows in the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the chapels in the Church of Saint Germain des Pres in Paris.
Mary Schiliro received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York. She has exhibited nationally at galleries in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. She was the recipient of a Project Studio Residency Award at PS122 in 1996-97 and 2001-2. Schiliro’s works are in numerous private collections as well as Swiss Re’s internationally recognized contemporary collection.
For further information please contact:
Susan Schreiber, Gallery Director at 212-228-4249 or ps122gallery@verizon.net.
This exhibition has been made possible through the generous support of the New York State Council on the Arts, Painting Space 122, Inc. and the Friends of PS122 Gallery.
Transportation:
M15 bus to St Marks Place
- subway to Astor Place
