In conjuntion with NavtaSchulz Gallery, Monique Meloche is pleased to
announce the exhibition:
Alexa Horochowski : The
Unicorn in Captivity
January 12, 2007 - March 6, 2007
Opening Reception - January 12th, from 6-9 pm
NAVTASCHULZ
GALLERY
1039 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60607
phone: 312.421.5506 , fax: 312.421.5507
info@navtaschulzgallery.com
http://www.navtaschulzgallery.com/
Tuesday - Saturday 12-6pm
Contact: Ryan Schulz, Director, 312.421.5506
or ryan@navtaschulzgallery.com
NavtaSchulz Gallery and Monique Meloche Gallery are pleased to present
The Unicorn in Captivity, by Alexa Horochowski. This body of work
was first exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts during the summer
of 2006. For the Chicago exhibition, in addition to the work first shown
at the museum, Horochowski will be exhibiting several new paintings, a
video, and a new wall drawing.
Horochowski's narrative paintings typically depict female adolescents
precariously perched on the verge of physical tragedy. These playful and
vividly color-rich works expose the vulnerability of innocence or more
specifically the impending loss of innocence brought on through experience.
The paintings, however, continue to provoke the viewer. In an essay written
for the Minneapolis exhibition, artist and writer Michelle Grabner draws
attention to the duality of each painting's protagonist: "Horochowski…complicates
the thorny subject matter of love, desire, fear, and hope. Her prepubescent
girls are dewy and tainted, gracious and crestfallen. They embody all
the ills and benevolence that constitute the human condition. They are
neither good nor evil." The work takes its visual cues from comic
books and graphic novels. However, these paintings are void of the comforts
and privacy afforded through such formats. Horochowski's paintings are
nearly 5 by 6 feet.
The Minneapolis exhibition marked the reintroduction of the Minnesota
Institute of Art's Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP). Horochowski
was given two new adjoining galleries to show these large acrylic works
on paper. Typically the program intends to show the work of two artists
simultaneously – a practice halted for Horochowski's exhibition.
Although she was born in Patagonia, Argentina, Horochowski received a
Bachelor of Journalism, from the University of Missouri, and a Master
of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In
addition to solo shows at Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago and Braga
Menendez Gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the artist has shown at Minneapolis's
Soap Factory and at Pulse Miami 2006.
The Unicorn in Captivity runs from January 12, 2007 through March
6, 2007 at NavtaSchulz Gallery, 1039 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60607.
A reception for the artist will be held at NavtaSchulz Gallery on Friday
January 12th, 2006 from 6pm through 9pm.