Goliath Visual Space is pleased to present Subliminal Divisions, a two-person exhibition of works by Suzanne Anker and Astrid Bowlby. Structured as a visual dialogue between two artists, Subliminal Divisions opens on April 16th and continues through May 9th.  An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 16 from 6-9 PM in conjunction with the Williamsburg Gallery Associations Third Friday.

Employing simple sets of primary units, Anker and Bowlby build complex structures, both conceptually and in real space.  Each artist questions the status of the "whole" in fundamental ways.  Both introduce concepts of fluidity and mutability into the presentation of solid-seeming entities by metaphorically shifting nature’s infinite variations and permutations, Suzanne Anker creates sculpture and prints from science-based data.

She employs the visualizing techniques available through high technology simulation, such as the microscope and MRI scans.  Chromosomes, (which have become her signature icon,) are microscopic representations of life’s genetic script. In this exhibition they share morphological resonance with other symmetrical forms: the butterfly and the brain. Corporeality, as a code-script is re-viewed as a shifting set of interchangeable parts. 

Astrid Bowlby’s work also acknowledges biological systems of growth and form. Based on assemblages of single units, Bowlby’s unique parts are made by hand.  Her detailed drawings are realized with a fine point technical pen. They resemble cell division as seen through microscopes or some celestial collision as seen through telescopes.  The conversion from micro to macro are considered simultaneously in either direction.

Suzanne Anker is a visual artist and theorist.  She is Chair of the Art History department at the School of Visual Arts.  Her work has been shown nationally and internationally including the J.P. Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Museum of Modern Art in Japan.  Her solo exhibition. Golden Boy will open on May 13 at Universal Concepts Unlimited in Chelsea.
Astrid Bowlby has most recently exhibited at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in New York.  Other venues include the Portland Museum of Art in Maine and the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art.  She is the recipient of several grants including the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant (2000,2002,2004) and the Leeway Foundation grant for excellence in works on paper.

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