02/05/2024
Join us TODAY for the opening of Robin Mandel: Give and Take at 4 PM
Robin Mandel: Give and Take
February 5 – March 7, 2024
Opening Reception: Monday, February 5, 4 – 6 pm
From Mandel’s artist statement:
“Videos loop, motors rotate; both do the same thing over and over. My goal is to make this repetition meaningful, prying open the loop to allow a viewer to inhabit it, or twisting the loop tightly enough to create something new. These bent and twisted loops open the door to paradoxes: things that are both moving and still, there and not there, material and immaterial. I create objects and images that tell an impossible story.
In moments of conflict, confusion, or wonder, our seeing and our knowing diverge. My work operates in that cognitive gap, privileging neither knowledge nor experience, admitting instead the contradictory truths of both. To hold two opposing ideas in mind at once is a powerful act. It enables empathy; it is an antidote to intolerance; it validates doubt as an intellectual tool. To see one thing and know another – to grapple with paradox – the mind must find a way to allow for the impossible.”
Gallery Hours:
Mon – Fri: 11 AM – 4 PM
Sat: 1 PM – 4 PM
(Closed on Sundays and state holidays)
