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installation view
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"Washington Heights
(New York Feathers #8)"
oil and alkyd
on linen over
panel
15" x 10 3/4"
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"Dag Hammerskjold Plaza
(New York Feathers #6)"
oil and
alkyd
on canvas over panel
15" x 10 3/4"
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"Untitled - New York Feathers #8"
oil on canvas
15" x 10 3/4"
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"Broadway (New York Feathers #50)"
oil and alkyd
on canvas
over panel
5" x 5"
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"New York Feathers #49"
oil and alkyd
on canvas
over panel
5" x 5"
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"New York Feathers #48"
oil and alkyd
on linen over
panel
5" x 5"
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In the project space is
Lauren Gohara’s
“New York Feathers” an installation of exquisitely realized trompe l’oiel miniature paintings of a single feather floating in ethereal atmosphere. Arranged on the wall in an all-over rhythm, these carefully rendered minimal visions of found bits of the natural world become an intimate meditation on the poetics of the infinite. Gohara brings an unusual sensitivity to urban scavenging finding delicacy and natural beauty in the midst of gritty chaos. Her interest in finding traces of nature within the highly manufactured city environment is linked to her desire to restore a sense of connection to it, natural enough for an artist who was born and raised in Hawaii. Titled for the street or neighborhood in which the feather was found, these works, like a Haiku poem, are a gentle reminder that the beauty of nature not only persists, but can be found in the most unlikely places.
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