19 - Causey Contemporary - Freshly Minted Triggers

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Contact:
Tracy Causey-Jeffery
718-218-8939
Causey Contemporary
92 Wythe Ave. Brooklyn 11211

November Exhibitions at Causey Contemporary

Brooklyn, NY September 2010 - Causey Contemporary is pleased to announce their November exhibitions: Freshly Minted Triggers featuring the steel sculptures of Arthur Mednick, and Homer Yost: Drawings of Maria Gracia y Navit Yolainne.   These two exhibitions will be the second solo show for Arthur Mednick and the fourth solo show for Homer Yost with the gallery.   Both exhibitions will run from November 19 - December 12, 2010 with an opening reception on November 19 from 6 - 9 p.m. Followed by an artists talk with both artists on December 10 at 7:30 p.m.

       Freshly Minted Triggers is the most recent installment of wall mounted steel sculptures by New York based artist Arthur Mednick.
   These latest fugitives from the mind of Mednick signiﬁcantly expand the scope of his work. Cross genre, cross style, cross type; this show is a wide-ranging riff of cascading inﬂuences. Alternating between ﬁgurative and abstract, elaborate and reductive, the work is installed to capitalize on the peculiar associations and rhythms set up by these intimate strangers.
        From the heavy mass of "Fortunato's Last Brick" to the fuzzed out "Buck's Haircut", literary allusions, cool calculations, warm sentiments and animating notes are assembled in this extraordinarily grouped composition. Titles are used as reference points alternating between the cryptic and the evident, inviting speculation and connecting individual pieces into larger themes.
       Infused with his soft sensual approach to steel these works show Mednick at his ﬁnest; extracting from deep in the groove.
        Similar wall mounted sculptures of his have appeared in solo exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia, and Berlin, Germany.   They have also been included in such exhibitions as Mathematical Instinct at the Tweed Museum and Welded! Sculpture of the Twentieth Century at the Nueberger Museum.   Arthur counts playwright Edward Albee and PayPal cofounder, Elon Musk among his many prominent collectors.

Drawings: Maria Gracia y Navit Yolainne marks the ﬁrst time artist Homer Yost has exclusively exhibited his drawings. Ordinarily he exhibits his sculptures with the occasional drawing included in the show.   He says that when Causey Contemporary director, Tracy Causey-Jeffery ﬁrst asked him to do a drawing exhibition, he felt like he had
been asked to take a long vacation on a remote island and do nothing but snorkeling. His drawings come from a highly collaborative process of working with models in this case Maria-Gracia Pendreanez and Navit Yolainne Mena.   The drawings included in the exhibition are the direct result of imagery created through movement, silence and
sometimes dialogue.   Homer has been drawing and sculpting for thirty years.   In 1993 he was one of the sculptors who restored the Freedom Statue on the Capital Building in D.C.   In 2006, he documented in bas relief the destruction and survivors post hurricane Katrina in Biloxi Mississippi.   Homer's sculptures and drawings have appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout the USA, England and Italy.

Both Arthur Mednick and Homer Yost will speak about their work, its process and its inspiration in back to back artists talks on December 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Causey Contemporary. The public is invited to attend the talks as well as the opening reception of both exhibitions on November 19th from 6-9 p.m.

For more information on either exhibition or the artists involved, contact Tracy Causey-Jeffery at 718 218 8939 or
via email at tracy@causeycontemporary.com