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MARK DORF: Environmental Occupations
and
q u a t t r o
OCTOBER 3- 27, 2012
RECEPTION OCTOBER 4, 6-8 PM
Mark Dorf: Environmental Occupations
Mark Dorf is a
photographer
and sculptor who
seeks
to
examine
humanity's
relationship
between
its
internal and
external
environments.
By re-
contextualizing
moment and
symbol through
photography
and image capture, he creates new meaning within the immediate environment. Mark looks to
understand humanity as an observer in his surroundings, using images as a tool to explore our
curious habitation of the world around us.
Environmental Occupations is Mark's second solo exhibition. The exhibit consists of thirteen
photographs that explore humanity's roll of creation and its relationship with the landscape. The
concrete forms seen in the images, influenced by minimalist sculptors such as Donald Judd and
Richard Serra, downplay any sort of expression and instead reference nothing but geometry and
the dense substance that they are composed of. The aggressive shape, material, and imposing
presence of the objects contrast greatly against the natural and harmonious landscapes in which
they are found, thus rendering them out of context and providing a skewed image from what is
inherently interpreted as real. The question arises, where did these forms originate? Was there a
creator? What is the function?
Though these forms seem to mimic functional urban horizons, they are in fact useless and loom
in the landscape with a quiet devastation. The forms look to have been man made, but their sheer
size and lack of evidence of construction leave the viewer with disconnect between a specific
creator and the objects at hand just as we see in our mass produced urban world today. The
figures in the images interact with the forms in an attempt to understand the occupancy of the
odd structures and explore their power from a neutral and seemingly omnipotent standpoint.
MARK DORF is the 2012 Phoenix Gallery's Young Emerging Artist Winner: Jurors: Sue Stoffel,
Collector, Arts Administrator and Rene Vara, Curator.
www.dorfphoto.net
q u a t t r o
Diana Delgado
Lee Hyun Kim
Marie-Louise McHugh
Winn Rea
DIANA DELGADO
BALL BUNNY BOWS (Detail)
My studio practice is rooted in a love of painting and an exploration of the medium. While color is a driving
force behind decisions made on the canvas, raw gesture, geometric shapes/forms and pattern play important
roles. Representational elements and seemingly unstable architectural structures exist within the abstract
atmospheres. Fun, attractive and visually crowded on the surface, ultimately I hope that substance beyond
process be discovered and a continued interest to look result. Reoccurring themes in the large-scale canvases
are personal narrative, glam, fashion and the embracing of frivolity.
www.dianadelgadostudio.com
LEEHYUN ELLIE KIM
I explored self-portraiture using my own features as a mask performing exaggerated expressions of emotion.
My current paintings have become images of what lies behind the mask, the always-changing sense of self
that cannot be contained in a traditional representation of the face. Longing, peace, hurt, anxiety, fantasy
and loss come together through the competing surfaces within each of my paintings. My work is not about
resolving the struggle between self and others, inner and outer, identity, or desire and reality. I want to make
this struggle visible to the viewer, who can then find themselves and their own viewpoint from behind the
mask in my work.
www.elliehyunkim.com
MARIE-LOUISE McHUGH
CHERRIES Oil/Canvas
Born in Switzerland, I grew up fascinated by paintings of Hodler, Segantini, Valotton, Amiet, Giacometti
and others. Unfortunately my art teachers were totally taken by the abstract minimalism movement of the
time. They discourage me from pursuing my love of strong, realistic imagery and the narrative quality of my
work. So I resorted to photography for many years. In the late 70's I immigrated to the USA, returned to
painting and never stopped. I immersed myself in images of organic forms....The Pear, the female figure, the
Cone Flower and now the cherry among others.
www.ateliermchugh.com
WINN REA
I use reeds collected in the landscape to re-create the topography of Cold Spring Harbor Hollow in these
small works. The repetitive process of sorting, sizing, cutting, and placing the reeds induces a meditative
state as I re-construct the undulating ground I walked. The result is a talisman of my experience in the
landscape. My brief passing through the landscape exists in the context of a wider, geologic scope of time.
This awareness is captured in the companion videos for each work showing the cycle of light and dark, night
and day -- the ultimate passage of time.
www.winnrea.com
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