@plus4art
is pleased to present Wildpower by Jennifer Lord and Noah
Travis Phillips
This
specific iteration of the Wildpower exhibition is part of a
continuing dialogue about the marks (that only) the hand can make and
how they manifest in digital spaces. This iteration of the project
also works as a rehearsal for a handful of display concepts including
display tables and video projection over images hung on the wall.
Wildpower
is an exploration and expression of natural phenomenon. The work of
Lord & Phillips develops according to ecological principles; some
“species” of image flourish and reproduce, others may only exist
in very particular niches. Motifs recur and evolve. The pictures are
grown from themes of wilderness: mountains, (extreme) weather, flora
& fauna, etc.
The
subject matter and materials are familiar, yet reimagined in
colorful, mysterious and compelling ways.
The
works on display are fresh in material and approach. The videos and
ecotones of grouped images are charged with esotericism and wild,
uncontrolled fecundity.
The
assemblages of images and videos are grown from the same material, to
strongly contrasting effect – an intense and provoking atmosphere
is created.
The
works are paintings, a fascinating and perennial questioned form –
how does painting/drawing still effectively depict the epic sublimity
of the world?