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November 07, 2008 | | Beth Campbell |
Beth Campbell is currently showing her latest series of mobiles at the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery in Chelsea. The series is accompanied by a show of large scale portraits by Ben Durham and Storm Tharp. Campbell is an inter-disciplinary artist committed to enhancing our awareness and perception of space through her intriguing objects and installations. Her hanging mobiles have a delicacy and gravity that become increasingly compelling as you notice their subtle movement. They are composed of steel wire of various diameters, lending a thread-like quality to some, while others seem heavier and more ponderous. The weighty whimsicality of the mobiles is alluring and evocative.
Campbell installed Beth Campbell: Following Room at the Whitney Museum of American Art which consisted of replicas of a reading room arranged in mirrored pairs and placed on a grid, playing with viewers' perception. She received her M.F.A. from Ohio University and showed work earlier this year at Manifesta 7 in Trento, Italy. She has also worked with the New York Public Art Fund on the project Potential Store Fronts, which consisted of a repeating storefront on Maiden Lane in Lower Manhattan.
Her mobile series will remain on view at Nicole Klagsbrun until December 6th, 2008.
Posted by Rebekah Drysdale at November 7, 2008 12:00 AM | Permalink | E-mail This
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