"Celebration" by Raul Denieves

Raul was the only male artist included the "Multi Faceted Female" show. Asked to make a portrait of his mother, "Celebration" is the cosmic outcome of this request. Birthing a child, she is a mother, she is the moon, she shines off the light of her own creation. A Mardi-Gras Madonna, she celebrates her labor with an explosive fervor; just like the artist himself. Made entirely of tape, glue and beads, she is a vivid testament to the immense beauty and possibility inherent in simple tools and "low art" craft objects.

Raul is represented by Newman Popiashvili Gallery

sculpture. 8'x4'x'4. tape, glue, beads, mixed media.
courtesy of the artist.

White Violet by Logan White

Logan White is able to capture an exquisite subtlety of narrative through her photographs. "White Violet" is a body of work that speaks of femininity, enigmatic beauty, coming of age, and the underlying supernatural mystery of it all. Her voice is humble but profound as one can sense an admittance of the unknown, divine beneath the face value of her portraits still lives, and collages.

"White Violet" 2009
Photographic Body of Work. 28 color archival prints.

Renata Mann's World Wide Web

Jeweler Designer by trade, Renata Mann extends her trademark woven necklaces into an intricate luminescent web. Mann has the ability to weave together disparate materials into a homogeneous whole and breath energy through her designs. "The world wide web" seems vibrant and alive, likened both to an insect's nest, as well as human communication networks.

"World Wide Web"
Installation 2009
fishing line, glass beads, stringed lights, mixed media

The Mother Board by Molly Lowe

The Motherboard, a Cockpit.

A control center, a thinking cell, an active brain.

Made nearly entirely of found materials and recycled trash, the mother board asks us to cross into an internal system of semiotic processors and configurations, as signs tell us to "touch/don't" "go/stop" "male" "female". This complex system leads one to ultimately wonder "who designed this?", as Lowe's aesthetic makes no attempts to hide the make shift, DIY approach holding together this artificial intelligence. What is the organic reasoning dictating this control device, and what is it controlling?

A compelling view on notions of electrical motherhood, the desire to communicate with the unknown, and the need to control.

"Mother Board"
Installation 2009.
Found objects, cardboard, plastic, christmas lights, black paint.