Systematic Ambiguity

Carrie Crane • Tracy Spadafora

May 17 – June 19, 2016

Reception May 21, 5 – 7PM

Artist Talk June 12, 2PM

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Tracy Spadafora, Collection

Installation: Encaustic and mixed media on 4 large discs (12 inch diameter) and 85 small discs (3 inch diameter)

Alter, encaustic and mixed media on wooden panel, 12x12

Evolve (Part 1) encaustic on gessoed braced wood panels, 9 panels, each 6x6

Intervention (Part 1,) encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panel, 20x20

Intervention (Part 2,) encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panel, 20x20

Landmark 1, encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panels, 24x24

Landmark 2, encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panels, 24x24

Landmark 3, encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panels, 24x24

Landmark 4, encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panels, 24x24

Untitled (Chart,) Encaustic and mixed media on 36 wood panels, each 3x3

Sustenance (Part 1,) encaustic and transfer on braced wood panel, 12x12

Vestige (Part 4,) Mixed media on wood boxes, 14x10x3

Vestige (Part 6,) Mixed media on wood boxes, 14x10x3

Catch Count, Acrylic on panel, 24x36

Instrument Analyzer, Mixed Media 3D, 3x10x3

Instrument Nautical, Mixed Media 3D, 6x6x3

Listen to Him Scream, Acrylic on polyester, 12x12

LSPSD Dissociative Disorder, Acrylic on panel, 12x24

LSPSD Intamacy, Acrylic on panel, 12x24

LSPSD Parental Complexity, Acrylic on panel, 12x24

LSPSD Twins, Acrylic on panel, 12x24

Migration Patterns, Acrylic on panel, 24x36

Rational Visualizations 1 – 7, Mixed media 3D, 8x11

Mend, Encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panel, 12x12

Plot A, Encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panel, 36x42

Plot B, Encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panel, 36x42

Transform, encaustic and mixed media on braced wood panel, 12x12

Vestige (Part 7,) Mixed media on wood boxes, 14x10x3

Vestige (Part 8,) Mixed media on wood boxes, 14x10x3

Carrie Crane, Current Theory on a Variety of Concerns (8pgs), installation view
Mixed media 2D, 11”x17” ea. page

Carrie Crane, Xrays and Scans
Printed and cut vinyl on plexi, 16”x16” e. or 40"x80"

Tracy Spadafora, Collection (detail)

Installation: Encaustic and mixed media on 4 large discs (12 inch diameter) and 85 small discs (3 inch diameter)

Carrie Crane,Glossary of Symbols Vol. I, 2, 3 and 4
Ink on Paper, 3" x 5" x 1" ea.

Carrie Crane, Body of Christ
Digital archival print, collage and printed digital film, 11"x17"

Spadafora CV

Crane CV

PRESS

These two artists, in their own way, have brought together some of the institutional systems of scientific knowledge and added an expressive and harmonic layer to it.

Spadafora, an accomplished encaustic painter, will be showing pieces from two recent series, DNA and Evolve. Both series speak to issues of environmental concern such as global warming and genetic food modification. With the DNA series, she uses DNA sequences to provide visual patterning and symbolic reference. Layered on top of that are images that offer an open and ambiguous narrative. The Evolve series departs from the more cognitive aspects of her work and employs the organic and playful nature of wax as a medium, resulting in dramatic, mysterious and meditative landscapes. She states, "My work in Systemic Ambiguity suggests a dubious relationship between humanity and the environment - systems that are continually in flux as they create, destroy and reassert themselves.”

Crane’s work, while not media specific, is held together by the common theme of the diagram and map. The paintings, constructions and books presented in this exhibit are a comment on the nature of scientific knowledge visualization (infographics) and the tendency for the public to imbue these systems and symbols with great authority regardless of their context. In her work, Crane removes the diagram or map from any associated data allowing for intended ambiguity and an invitation for interpretation. “In my work I adopt and capitalize on the informative and authoritative quality of knowledge visualization to tease out its subjective nature and draw attention to how we apply meaning to what we are told.” These works, some humorous, some quite serious, are intended as gentle provocations.