And/Or Gallery Press Release #20
And/Or Show #20:
Peter Barrickman and Petra Cortright
Dates: December 13 - January 17
Opening: December 13th, 6pm - 9pm
with screening of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special
Peter Barrickman
Peter Barrickman is a painter, sculptor, filmmaker and performer based in
Milwaukee. In this exhibition, Barrickman presents a series of paintings
where both the laws of physics and conventional painting have been reinvented.
Interested in visual interference, Barrickmann challenges the certainty of
reality and images that have been altered in digital compression, antique
printing or principled art-making. In his paintings, Barrickman creates a
narrative of sliding interiors ranging from intimate to sci-fi, bringing his
work both a sense of comedy and mis-en-scene. Barrickman has exhibited at
Centraltrak in Dallas, the Milwaukee Art Museum , Angstrom Gallery in Los
Angeles, as well as at international art fairs including the 2008 Dark Fair
at The Swiss Institute in New York.
Petra Cortright
Petra Cortright blends
imagery from video-games, the Internet and environmental iconography to create
digital landscapes and eco-systems. In both her images and animation, Cortright
creates a virtual cartography of plants, animals, city structures, and
mountainous terrains. Using software interfaces, ASCII code, animated gifs,
and instant messaging idioms, Cortright blends patterned images and creates the
sense of a mysterious and complete world. A student of Parsons School of Design
in New York, Cortright has exhibited with Rhizome at the New Museum of
Contemporary Art, the Bond Street Gallery in Brooklyn, Chelsea Art Museum in
New York, she is also a member of the Nasty Nets Internet Surfing Club. Petra
currently resides in Santa Barbara.
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