WORDS Caroline Taylor
Oliver Michaels, Gamaliel Rodriguez and Harvi Sahota utilize individual approaches to architecture as a vehicle for narrative or story. Interpreted Architecture is the inaugural exhibition at Made Gallery.
Artist Spotlight: Gamaliel Rodriguez
Influenced by both his years spent in the military and his native Puerto Rico (particularly the 1950s industrialization of the island, “Operation Bootstrap”) Gamaliel Rodriguez executed his series Dark Thoughts while in residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, New York. Other works in the series are currently on view at the Museum of Puerto Rico.
The paintings – from viewpoint of an aerial photo or surveillance video, give clear image of a situation, but relay misinformation about what is actually happening in the image. Drawing on Roland Barthes’ rhetoric of semiotics, architectural elements imagined and created by the artist act as clues, but the story is completed by the viewer with his or her personal references and experiences – eliciting a state of nostalgia and obscurity in the work.
With an MFA from Kent Institute, UK, Gamaliel’s works have been shown internationally including Galería Espacio Minimo, Madrid; Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Sandbekkstua, Raelingen, Norway. His work is included in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, and Comunidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Interpreted Architecture is the inaugural exhibition at Made Gallery. Oliver Michaels, Gamaliel Rodriguez and Harvi Sahota utilize individual approaches to architecture as a vehicle for narrative or story.
November 7 from 6-8pm, Opening Reception of Interpreted Architecture.
Oliver Michaels, Gamaliel Rodriguez, Harvi Sahota
Curated by Caroline Taylor
MADE Gallery, November 7 - 21, 2013, The A&P, 505 Cloverdale Road, Unit 102