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Exhibition
Richard Harrod:
A LARGER
REFRIGERATOR
1 April – 28 May
2011
Opening reception: Friday, 1 April, from 6:00pm – 11:00pm
Marginal Utility Gallery is proud to present A LARGER REFRIGERATOR, an
exhibition of new work by Richard
Harrod.
–Our ideal constructions are bleak but
comfortable.
In Harrod’s project for Marginal Utility, one finds evocative prints that depict
the imbroglio of man versus nature. With a film-noir sensibility and wry wit,
these images address the absurdity of the human condition. The unknown and
unsayable pervades the most familiar objects such as a shower, a window shade,
and a staircase. These everyday objects that are wrought through a mixture of
sculpture and digital prints engender an awareness of the uncanny in the
domestic scene. Stringing these deceptively banal objects together are a series
of retina-burn drawings that consist of light, reflections, images from memory,
and the impression of the filament burnt into the viewer’s retina that float in
multiples across a screen of paint and
paper.
Richard Harrod was born in Buffalo, NY. He was a 1997 recipient of the Pew
Charitable Trusts Artists Fellowship Award. His work has been shown in
Philadelphia, New York, and
Europe.
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