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TRANSIT TERRAIN AND OTHER SPATIAL NARRATIVES MARY ANN STRANDELL

July 13 - August 30, 2023

Transit Terrain and Other Spatial Narratives is a solo exhibition of artwork by painter-printmaker Mary Ann Strandell. Strandell’s work reaches beyond the barriers between artistic disciplines, allowing viewers to encounter a broad variety of methods and materials—from GIF animation to ink drawing to 3D lenticular media.

Lenticular media is created utilizing a printing technique that creates an illusion of depth or movement, allowing the viewer to perceive the image changing as they move around it.

Strandell’s studio practice combines technology with history. Computer software and high-tech printing practices are used to create lenticular prints from imagery that is at times personal photography, at others internet sourced, and often references historical objects or spaces. Her other works, meanwhile, are created using older materials such as oil paint or ink. These media have existed for over a thousand and over four thousand years, respectively. Paired with newer practices, such as lenticular printing or digital collage, they mimic the juxtaposition of imagery that can be found visually in Strandell’s work: the Rococo boiserie may be found existing in the same space as the Apple Store staircase. Ming vases occupy the museum along with images of Manhattan construction.

An installation titled Reacquisition is one of the focal points of the exhibition. It is a selection of oil paintings and lenticular media arranged over the top of a large-scale, ink wall drawing. Of it, Strandell writes, “The configuration of this main installation considers the inter-changing states of historic representation placed within this contemporary moment.”