Extrapolations at eye lounge

Tawny Kerr
Extrapolations

September 21 - October 14, 2018
eye lounge
419 E. Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Eye Lounge is pleased to show Extrapolations, a new exhibition of paintings by Tawny Kerr, a member of the downtown Phoenix collective.

Tawny Kerr presents Extrapolations, a series of new work, in her third and final exhibition as a member of the eye lounge collective. This body of paintings in oil and acrylic draws upon flawed and incomplete satellite imagery, primarily focusing on coastal Antarctica. Patchworked images of cold glacier, exposed peaks, indistinct blurs, and sinewy currents dotted with glittering ice break down from literal representation into complete abstraction. The works are paired with found poems and phrases generated with the aid of predictive text functions, playing with notions of beauty in the unknown and unpredictable within our technology at a time when it often feels no stone has been left unturned. As the works push and pull between boundaries of the known and unknown, the series becomes a meditation upon longing, exploration, and the tendency of infatuation to fill in gaps in knowledge with the fantastic.

Extrapolations runs from September 21st through October 14th, 2018. The artist will host an opening reception on Friday, September 21st from 6 – 10 PM and will be in the gallery for First Friday on October 5th, 2018, during regular Eye Lounge hours and by appointment.

Eye Lounge Gallery is located at 419 E. Roosevelt Street in Phoenix. The gallery is open Fridays from 6 - 9 PM, Saturdays 1 - 5 PM, and Sundays from 11 AM - 3 PM and during MADE art boutique shop hours.

Image: Tawny Kerr, It could take a long silence to tell you all the things you need to know and do (67° 19′ 27″ S, 60° 41′ 42″ W), 2018. Oil and acrylic on board, 40x30"