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Art News:
Judith Schaechter:
Battle of Carnival and Lent
at Claire Oliver Gallery
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Please join us for a reception with the Artist
Thursday, May 23 from 6-8 pm
On view May 23 - July 6, 2013
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Sisters; Stained glass.
41 x 31 in. | 104.1 x 78.7.2 cm
The Battle of Carnival and Lent, Judith Schaechter's new exhibition at Claire Oliver Gallery, tackles one of the most fundamental struggles known to man, the war humankind wages between good and evil. Dancing on the psychological border between spiritual aspiration and human suffering, the Artist questions the association of an environment of confinement/reflection in the name of self betterment and the harsh realities of the physical experience of imprisonment; She is speaking about the 'prisons' we all encounter, be they mental or physical.
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Inspired by the history of Philadelphia's notorious gothic castle-like structure, Eastern State Penitentiary, where they were on temporary exhibition, these 17 works draw on mythology, the Bible, and even famous works of art from ages past. Schaechter's archetypes struggle with an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other, exploring in turn the stories of Atlas, Prometheus, Noah, Icarus, Mary Magdalene and Andromeda.
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Mary Magdalene (Left) Detail (Right); Stained glass light box.
57 x 15 in | 1448.8 x 38.1 cm.
Schaechter draws on mythology, the Bible, and even famous works of art from ages past for her archetypes struggling with an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other. "When I saw Judith's new works, my thoughts went to Guernica, Bruegel and Diego River's murals on industry or Otto Dix's paintings looking at war. She's (Schaechter) looking at this moment and the issues of humanity and those artists were too."
Elisabeth Argo, Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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