Reviewing "Bound"

"Bound" is a two person exhibition at Hamiltonian in Washington, DC. The two artist Katherine Mann and Selin Balci both are currently Hamiltonian Fellows and who's work focusses on vivid abstractions.

Katherine Mann's work focusses on drawing primarily, but also incorporates elements of ink, cut shapes, over lay and patterning. The four large drawings on paper reflect a mixture of techniques influenced by textiles and Japanese sumi paintings. The process of constructing is one of intuition and is one of seeing. The beautiful shapes created out of ink are delicately defined by painted elements. The result is one that can be felt, quality gut wrenching abstractions.

In contrast to the traditional methods of Mann's work, Selina Balci's plexi panels and videos take on a whole life of there own. Selina Balci's pieces are "alive!" Literally, She works mold and as time lapses amazing color and shape fill her compositions. Her work represented in the show is a combination of photography, a large plexi assemblage and several video's. The star piece in bound is undoubtedly Balci's plexi assemblage. In this piece there are a dozen or so panels in a grid in which cultures of mold have been introduced. Over time the mold breaths and lives out in a spectacular fashion. They create vivid colors and shapes that can only appear in nature.

The Show at Hamiltonian continues thru March 5.

Please Check them out at:

1353 U Street NW
Suite 101
Washington DC 20009-4444

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