d berman gallery is pleased to present two concurrent
shows by Austin artist Lance Letscher.
Index,
an exhibit of new collages by Lance Letscher, opens
at d berman gallery on Thursday, 9 March, with a reception
from 6 - 8 PM, and will continue through 15 April
2006. A gallery talk will be held at d berman gallery
on Saturday, 8 April 2006, at 1:00 PM.
Lance
Letscher “is not the only artist using cast-off books
and papers but he is one of the very few whose modernity
supersedes the nostalgia of old materials without
sacrificing their elegiac power. Every appropriation
of derelict scraps declares a sharp contemporary wit.
But in Mr. Letscher’s hands, the declaration rises
to a threnody for lives that left no monument, only
accumulations of ephemera poised for dispersion. …
[His work] … is a roller coaster ride of mood shifts,
from playfulness to solemnity. … An exquisite color
sense and empathy with his materials create coherence
among dissimilar design motifs. These are the twin
axes on which Mr. Letscher’s madcap poetry revolves.”
- Maureen Mullarkey, The New York Sun
d
berman gallery is located at 1701 Guadalupe Street,
Austin, Texas 78701. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday
from 11:00 - 6:00.
Lists
and Poems, Letscher’s word collages from 1996 - 1998,
will be also presented by d berman gallery and on
display at Gallery 68 at Flatbed Press. After an opening
reception on 10 March from 6 - 8 pm, the show will
continue through 15 April.
This
series of lyrical works on paper implements pieces
of foreign literature and their translated counterparts
to develop an abstractly poetic atmosphere.
Flatbed
Press is located at 2830 MLK Boulevard, Austin, Texas,
78702. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday from 10:00
- 6:00 & Saturday 10:00 - 5:00.
A signed, limited edition poster for this exhibition
will be available at d berman gallery.
Read
Benne Rockett in The Austin Chronicle
Preview
the d berman exhibition
Preview
the gallery 68 exhibition
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