April 11 - May 10, 2019; opening reception on Thursday, April 11th, from 5:30-8PM
Modernism is pleased to present its fifth one-person exhibition of works by California visual artist Elena Dorfman. The current show will focus on her latest body of work, "Transmutations," (2017-2018) as well as revisit her seminal "Still Lovers" (2000-2004) series, viewing it from a present-day perspective, almost two decades after its inception.
In "Transmutations," meticulous, process-oriented, large-scale photography and the time-honored act of tapestry weaving inherently share a sense of history and materiality while creating a unique arena for contemplation. Each photographic work within "Transmutations" reveals a range of nuanced mark-making; both subtly and uniquely embedded within the digital process or placed atop specific surfaces by hand. Dorfman explains, " I incorporate native elements and minerals such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, pigments and salt into my works. A vein of nickel coursing through a mountain ravine in my two-dimensional picture becomes a place for reflection, symbolic for intellectual rendering and generative thought.
"Still Lovers" takes us into the world of sex dolls, where men (and some women) project their sexual and romantic lust and longing-and true love, perhaps-onto customized, life-size, anatomically correct female dolls. These lifelike surrogates inhabit the images as desired, fetishized, and idealized beings, "living" as such with their flesh and blood partners, and sometimes with their immediate families as well. The "still lovers" in Dorfman's project are, at times, part of a larger family unit that involves both husband and "organic" wife, as well as children. By showing these vignettes of traditional domesticity, love, and/or eroticism, Dorfman's representations take on an unexpected poignancy.
Modernism is pleased to invite the public to attend an opening reception on Thursday, April 11th, from 5:30-8PM.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: 415/541-0461 / FAX: 415/541-0425 / [email protected]
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Modernism is pleased to present its fifth one-person exhibition of works by California visual artist Elena Dorfman. The current show will focus on her latest body of work, "Transmutations," (2017-2018) as well as revisit her seminal "Still Lovers" (2000-2004) series, viewing it from a present-day perspective, almost two decades after its inception.
In "Transmutations," meticulous, process-oriented, large-scale photography and the time-honored act of tapestry weaving inherently share a sense of history and materiality while creating a unique arena for contemplation. Each photographic work within "Transmutations" reveals a range of nuanced mark-making; both subtly and uniquely embedded within the digital process or placed atop specific surfaces by hand. Dorfman explains, " I incorporate native elements and minerals such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, pigments and salt into my works. A vein of nickel coursing through a mountain ravine in my two-dimensional picture becomes a place for reflection, symbolic for intellectual rendering and generative thought.
"Still Lovers" takes us into the world of sex dolls, where men (and some women) project their sexual and romantic lust and longing-and true love, perhaps-onto customized, life-size, anatomically correct female dolls. These lifelike surrogates inhabit the images as desired, fetishized, and idealized beings, "living" as such with their flesh and blood partners, and sometimes with their immediate families as well. The "still lovers" in Dorfman's project are, at times, part of a larger family unit that involves both husband and "organic" wife, as well as children. By showing these vignettes of traditional domesticity, love, and/or eroticism, Dorfman's representations take on an unexpected poignancy.
Modernism is pleased to invite the public to attend an opening reception on Thursday, April 11th, from 5:30-8PM.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: 415/541-0461 / FAX: 415/541-0425 / [email protected]
April 11 - May 10, 2019; opening reception on Thursday, April 11th, from 5:30-8PM
Modernism is pleased to present its fifth one-person exhibition of works by California visual artist Elena Dorfman. The current show will focus on her latest body of work, "Transmutations," (2017-2018) as well as revisit her seminal "Still Lovers" (2000-2004) series, viewing it from a present-day perspective, almost two decades after its inception.
In "Transmutations," meticulous, process-oriented, large-scale photography and the time-honored act of tapestry weaving inherently share a sense of history and materiality while creating a unique arena for contemplation. Each photographic work within "Transmutations" reveals a range of nuanced mark-making; both subtly and uniquely embedded within the digital process or placed atop specific surfaces by hand. Dorfman explains, " I incorporate native elements and minerals such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, pigments and salt into my works. A vein of nickel coursing through a mountain ravine in my two-dimensional picture becomes a place for reflection, symbolic for intellectual rendering and generative thought.
"Still Lovers" takes us into the world of sex dolls, where men (and some women) project their sexual and romantic lust and longing-and true love, perhaps-onto customized, life-size, anatomically correct female dolls. These lifelike surrogates inhabit the images as desired, fetishized, and idealized beings, "living" as such with their flesh and blood partners, and sometimes with their immediate families as well. The "still lovers" in Dorfman's project are, at times, part of a larger family unit that involves both husband and "organic" wife, as well as children. By showing these vignettes of traditional domesticity, love, and/or eroticism, Dorfman's representations take on an unexpected poignancy.
Modernism is pleased to invite the public to attend an opening reception on Thursday, April 11th, from 5:30-8PM.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: 415/541-0461 / FAX: 415/541-0425 / [email protected]
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Modernism is pleased to present its fifth one-person exhibition of works by California visual artist Elena Dorfman. The current show will focus on her latest body of work, "Transmutations," (2017-2018) as well as revisit her seminal "Still Lovers" (2000-2004) series, viewing it from a present-day perspective, almost two decades after its inception.
In "Transmutations," meticulous, process-oriented, large-scale photography and the time-honored act of tapestry weaving inherently share a sense of history and materiality while creating a unique arena for contemplation. Each photographic work within "Transmutations" reveals a range of nuanced mark-making; both subtly and uniquely embedded within the digital process or placed atop specific surfaces by hand. Dorfman explains, " I incorporate native elements and minerals such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, pigments and salt into my works. A vein of nickel coursing through a mountain ravine in my two-dimensional picture becomes a place for reflection, symbolic for intellectual rendering and generative thought.
"Still Lovers" takes us into the world of sex dolls, where men (and some women) project their sexual and romantic lust and longing-and true love, perhaps-onto customized, life-size, anatomically correct female dolls. These lifelike surrogates inhabit the images as desired, fetishized, and idealized beings, "living" as such with their flesh and blood partners, and sometimes with their immediate families as well. The "still lovers" in Dorfman's project are, at times, part of a larger family unit that involves both husband and "organic" wife, as well as children. By showing these vignettes of traditional domesticity, love, and/or eroticism, Dorfman's representations take on an unexpected poignancy.
Modernism is pleased to invite the public to attend an opening reception on Thursday, April 11th, from 5:30-8PM.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: 415/541-0461 / FAX: 415/541-0425 / [email protected]
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