Shinique Smith: TORCH SONGS
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Shinique Smith: TORCH SONGS
Curated by Isolde Brielmaier
Exhibition runs April 19 - May 31, 2008
ATLANTA – SALTWORKS is pleased to present the exhibition Shinique Smith: Torch Songs, curated by Isolde Brielmaier. In her first solo exhibition in the southeast, New York City-based artist Shinique Smith presents a body of work that explores her own romantic visions of love, legend and the objects that are imbued with these memories–the spaces where the memory of romantic events is retained and where imaginings of what ‘might’ve been’ linger. Featuring Smith’s painting, sculpture and drawings, Torch Songs, presents a multi-media display of individual works that reveal the triumphs and failures of love, torch song lyrics and the mythologies that inspire and build one’s character. With elements of Abstract Expressionism, urban graffiti and Japanese calligraphy evident in her work, Smith’s bold gestures communicate her unique vision whilst creating a distinctive equilibrium between painting and sculpture.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Shinique Smith now lives and works in New York City. She has had solo exhibitions at Moti Hasson Gallery, Franklin Art Works and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and has participated in group shows at Yvon Lambert and the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Art in America and Art Forum among other publications and is represented in several private and public collections including the Rubell Family Collection and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
Isolde Brielmaier is a curator, professor, writer and consultant. Brielmaier holds a PhD from Columbia University and is based in New York City. www.isoldeb.com