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Monica d. Church Exhibits at Go North
Go North - A Space for Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the opening of Monica d. Church's first solo show with the gallery. Fly Away Little Bird will be on view from May 5 through May 27, 2007. A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, May 5, 6-9 pm.
Church began to formulate the ideas for her current work while reading the article Greetings Kill: Primer for a Pandemic, by Donald G. McNeil Jr. in The New York Times, in which the author muses about how Americans must learn to "rewrite the way we interact" as a result of the very real possibility of a global pandemic. The potential threat of a global pandemic of H5N1 virus (a type of avian influenza, or bird flu) became the basis for "Fly Away Little Bird."
The show includes small encaustic panels with quotes from international news stories reporting on the bird flu, a central image of chicken feet and a mosaic boarder of quail and chicken eggshells; double plate etchings with a circular fragment of a chicken; and a 1950s Japanese birdcage with its door ajar: pairs of baking soda cards featuring North American birds delicately emerge from its perch along a clothesline.
Representing a symbolic bird flu pandemic, the show incorporates elements carefully chosen for both their literal and metaphorical power.
Church is a multimedia artist working in installation, painting, and photo-based printmaking. She studied printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design and Bennington College, where she received a B.A. in Visual Arts (1987). She went on to earn an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Kentucky (1993). She has won numerous awards and fellowships for her work.
For the past two decades, Church has exhibited her work throughout the Americas. Recently, her etchings were selected by curator Robert Storr, commissioner of the 2007 Venice Biennial, for inclusion in the RISD Biennial NYC 2006 at Exit Art in New York City. In 2006-07, Church's work was included in Four Points of View: Figuration in Printmaking at La Galleria Nacional del Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The Gallery is located at 469 Main Street, Beacon. For more information, visit
www.gonorthgallery.blogspot.com Gallery hours are 12 - 6 pm, Friday - Sunday
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