reed anderson   crystal horizon 19 march - 19 april, 2004 gallery 2   (invite card: studio view)           crystal horizon, 2004 collage and acrylic on cut paper 95 x 85 inches         et nunc et semper, 2004 collage and acrylic on cut paper 26 x 28 inches           thank you lover, 2004 collage and acrylic on cut paper 56 x 59 inches             spring fit with shoe shine, 2004 collage and acrylic on cut paper 85 x 79 inches             joy saylor, 2004 collage and acrylic on cut paper 28 x 26 inches             hard times, 2003 16.75 x 16 inches     press release Reed Anderson deconstructs, reconstructs, paints, collages and silk screens his works on paper: they can hardly be considered drawings. His highly active process is at once intuitive and deliberate. Images, such as elaborate flora and fauna, are cut into the paper. The paper is then folded and painted, thus stenciling mirror images which create a complex weaving of positive and negative. When hung on the wall shadows are created by the negative space giving the works a delicate physical depth. The surfaces and compositions are compounded by collaging silk screened images of crystals, sometimes in clusters. These give a rhythm to the work; doors to enter and a metaphysical resting place between the echoing of pattern. Anderson's imagery has an almost folkloric vision with magical implications. Within all of this layering and mirroring of images, incidental marks, drips, cutting and collaging one does not get lost—on the contrary, with Anderson's deft ability, one can only get caught up in the hypnotic dance that he so eloquently constructs.
	browse the flatfile
	P   I   E   R   O   G   I     2   0   0   0 177 north 9th street brooklyn, ny 11211 718.599.2144 noon to 6p friday through monday and by appointment pierogi 2000 is an innovative art gallery in williamsburg, brooklyn, new york