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Marnie Spencer: On The Wall
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| November 10, 2007 - December 11, 2007 |
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>> preview the art of Marnie Spencer
Julie Baker Fine Art is pleased to announce a solo show with new works
by Bolinas artist, Marnie Spencer, opening Saturday November 10th
through December 11th, 2007.
Bathed in historical references and political commentary, Marnie
Spencer takes you on a trip that is both nostalgic and relevant. The
show is composed of nearly sixty paintings, ranging from five inches
to six feet. Each set of thirty-four pieces culminates in two larger
works entitled On the Wall and Any Road. The result is a quilt-like,
colorful, iconic mosaic that is individually hand drawn and painted in
acrylic, pencil and ink on canvas. The work can nearly be read from
left to right as a picture book of memories. Images wash over you as
if you were a time traveler touching down in a post World War II era
while you moonlight with the likes of Manet and Magritte. Her work
tells a story that references her upbringing, musical tastes, and
literary influences ranging from George Harrison, to Richard Brautigan
and Henry Miller. Spencer poses the questions, 'can you hide? Can
you construct a wall between you and the world, between you and
everyone else?' Spencer's work blurs the line between the voyeur and
the observed. In a modern time that is inundated with wire tapping
and security cameras, Spencer's work couldn't be more relevant.
Spencer says, "Of course painting is all about watching, looking,
observing, and, hopefully, recording the essence of what one sees.
But, don't forget: art is watching you---
"He says to me, standing in his little hotel room: 'I want that the
pictures should look back at me; if I look at them and they don't look
at me too, then they are no good.' The remark came about because some
one had observed that in all his pictures there was an eye, the
cosmological eye…" Henry Miller, the Cosmological Eye.
Marnie Spencer was born in Oakland California and studied at the
University of California Berkeley and Santa Barbara. Her work has
been shown in Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. Her work is in
the collection of Chronicle Books, and private collections such as the
Tullman collection of Chicago. She is represented by Julie Baker Fine
Art.
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