Inside Bleak Opening
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by niki in Artists, Clare Rojas, Shows
I wasn’t able to get much as far as photos go at the opening and being that I only brought my phone the quality is pretty terrible, but here’s the few I was able to grab. The show was massive and truly exceptional. Clare has journeyed into a realm of abstraction and clarity that deepens the narrative of her characters to nearly audible levels. Even within the din of the opening scene (it really was like a Hollywood installation encased within the show) the monotony of domestic life, peppered with moments of ease, joy, loss and loneliness we all experience are hauntingly recognizable. For me the best moment of the evening was when Clare’s folk singing self Peggy Honeywell had us all (art world elite, models, Bev Hills gals in 6 inch stilettos, big hair and furs, mullet wearing hipsters and me in my birth control glasses) sitting on the floor to quietly watch the lovely performance.
really my photo don’t come near doing the work justice (bordering on insulting)… if you can go see the show for yourself, please do so.
