Exhibition News: “Causality” opens in Brooklyn
Causality: an exhibition curated by Jason Andrew
Opening Reception: April 14, 2023, 6-9pm
April 14 - May 14, 2023
M. David & Co
56 Bogart Street, #114
Brooklyn
Directions: L Train to Brooklyn, Morgan Avenue stop.
Hours: Friday through Sunday, 1 - 6 PM / or by appointment
Causality: when disparate elements are combined or random materials are stacked, when unlikely shapes are forged or incongruent designs are assembled, whether situationally mounted or unconventionally installed, this mishmashing, this mixed-amalgamation incites a new visual equilibrium. Our contemporary world is made up of this dynamism—an unceasing revel of cause and effect.
Artists: Paula Barr, Sarah Bednarek, Ali Della Bitta, Daniel John Gadd, Brece Honeycutt, Ellen Letcher, Trevor King, Elizabeth Murray, Judy Pfaff, Wade Schaming, Christopher Vazquez, Greg Wall
As curator Jason Andrew writes, legendary in the early days of the Bushwick art scene, Sarah Bednarek (b.1980, Milwaukee, WI – d. 2019, New York, NY) introduced a drastic shift in her art following a near death emergency surgery where she experienced the sensation of herself hurtling toward a light in a tunnel of kaleidoscopic ever-changing geometric forms. Working sculpturally with wood, power tools, and an indefatigable spirit, Bednarek explores formal relationships such as symmetry, repetition, texture and color through rigorous geometry, craftsmanship, and materials. Humor and the human spirit are captured in her work. Especially in the six-part wall piece “Sunset,” 2019, this work manages to create the “hesitant utopia” she so intensely sought. Bednarek was a 2005 MFA graduate of the Sculpture program at Virginia Commonwealth University and a 2002 BFA graduate of University of Minnesota.
Sarah Bednarek (1980-2019) “Sunset,” 2019, mixed medium including mdf, sand, paint, string, and velvet (six parts)
18 ½ x 124 x 13 ½ in (194.3 x 314.9634.3 cm) (overall). Courtesy Estate of Sarah Bednarek and Artist Estate Studio, LLC
