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Yechel Gagnon - Project

Press release

CYNTHIA-REEVES presents an exhibition of new projects by Canadian artist, Yechel Gagnon. The show runs from Saturday, June 3 – July 8 at CYNTHIA-REEVES, located on the campus of MASS MoCA at 1315 MASS MoCA Way. As part of the gallery’s new project initiative, the artist will work on-site from June 11-18, to create a final iteration of works in progress. This will be the first exhibition of the gallery’s new program, which emphasizes both art-making and exhibition. Gagnon will be available to visitors to discuss the works in process, and to demonstrate the handwork and thought process behind her final installations.

Yechel Gagnon’s close engagement with the textural and tactile qualities of her media serves as the foundation for her inquiry. Projects include plywood bas-reliefs, embossed prints, frottage drawings, cast-aluminum works and large-scale architectural installations. Working in mixed-media creates a forum for cross-pollination: she employs tools and techniques devised for unfolding, layering and excavating imagery, incorporating the multiple textures to great effect. Often, the resulting works have a beautiful, unforced reference to the natural world, while communicating an innate tension and dynamism.

Her most recent works take her process to the next level: Gagnon uses the plywood bas-relief as a beginning point for free-form drawing directly onto the walls, elaborating the lines suggested in the sculptural work and extending them beyond the confines of the material. All at once, the wall-based objects become a nodal point of tremendous activity in the midst of fluid, gestural drawing.

CYNTHIA-REEVES represents an international roster of established artists who share a process-apparent sensibility in their work. We are committed to artwork that demonstrates an authentic voice, an innovative use of materials, and an appreciation of the mark in diverse media: site-based installation, video, sculpture, painting and works on paper.

 

 

 

 

©2001 Yechel Gagnon