ROY G BIV | NONPROFIT GALLERY FOR EMERGING ARTISTS | Columbus Ohio Short North Arts District

September 4 - 25, 2010
Sonya Berg and Molly Burke
Gallery Hop Opening - Saturday, September 4 from 7-10pm
Artists' Talk - Saturday, September 25 at 2:30pm

Sonya Berg
Artist Statement

I am currently interested in making works about the sublime and a particular consideration of fear, control, and comfort within the landscape. Lately these ideas are manifested in images of empty pools, waterfalls and mountains, and isolated places, with an ambiguity in mark and visual spatial relations. Scale is considered: with small works there is an intimacy and paradox of the grand contained in the miniature; in the large drawings there is more room for multiple vistas. In the vein of Caspar David Friedrich and Peter Doig I am looking to pursue a contemporary view of landscape and the sublime among the turmoil of the current culture.

Molly Burke
Artist Statement

I find myself concerned with issues of growth and preservation. Although initially much of my work is engaging and beautiful to look upon, there is a dark undercurrent that can at times be repulsive. I have found myself creating forms that use multiples, and repeated motion is involved throughout the making process, thus the theme of growth through repetition in form. However upon closer examination works that are viewed are about dying cells and tumors, objects that have been lost or forgotten, a cataloguing of dead specimens and a slow release of tension in an ever decreasing Insectary. I often find myself examining these subjects on a microscopic plane blown out of proportion to the macro level. Using materials and imagery to suit the needs of each installation, I work to create an environment that will encompass the audiences' vision and for a brief moment fully engage them. These works are about life and death, the incredible flurry of activity that occurs during a life span and then the eerie sterile tranquility that follows death.