Three "Drawing Constructions" augment the banners in the gallery. Composite sculptural two-dimensional works comprised of photocopied graph-like scribbles, rice paper, and paper tape on recycled chipboard, these works feed Gelardi's organic infatuations through a series of technological filters and processes. Using a similar additive vocabulary of layers and patchwork, as well as a casual roughness, the resulting works are colder bitmapped or pixelated black-and-white derivations of her warmer nature-inspired textile work. They provide the architecture to her rambling garden.
Annie Larmon can be reached ataglarmon@gmail.com.
"KAREN GELARDI: BANNERS" | through Oct 3 | at Perimeter Gallery at Chase's Daily, 96 Main St, Belfast | 207.338.0986
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