Spring 2011
SEASON is proud to present SWEET LOVE FALLING LIKE A PALE BLUE LIGHT featuring sculptures and drawings by Dawn Cerny and sculptures and collages by Adam Marnie.
Dawn Cerny has a personal grip on reality that makes room for discomfort. Her work starts from the act of seeing only to turn a mirror on it and make one consider how they see. Cerny’s new sculptures operate in ways that begin with truth but distort it so that it creates room for new options. Overturned flower pots become more than pathetic, paper duffle bags are more than fragile–these items, along with others, create new realities where futility is accepted in protest, while fights with the power of the object continue. Dawn Cerny works in a variety of mediums, including painting, printmaking and sculpture, she received her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle Washington and is currently finishing her MFA studies at Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Her work has been shown at numerous venues including Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington; Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; and Night Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Dawn Cerny was born in Santa Barbara, California and lives in Seattle, Washington and SEASON is honored to show her new work.
Dawn Cerny, Camp Carmel, 2011, resin coated paper, vase, fake flowers, dimensions variable
Adam Marnie’s work is self-reflective yet ego-less. Marnie navigates a world where structural and perceptual barriers are met and tackled. Considering the frame as a focusing container, Marnie feels a need to subvert it, to give change to such an relatively invisible device. His recent work using drywall continues this tension between the perfect and broken surfaces, often creating wreckage among the layers of glass, image, frame and wall. Adam Marnie received his BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. He is a MFA candidate at Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Marnie has shown at Andrea Rosen Gallery, James Fuentes LLC and Derek Eller Gallery in New York, New York as well as shows in London and Mexico City. Adam Marnie was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and lives in New York, New York and SEASON is honored to show his new work.
Adam Marnie, Object/No Title (detail), 2010, latex on drywall with graphite, 26 x 29 inches