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"I wonder if
it’ll snow on Christmas? I love that serene, almost suspended feeling
right after snowfall. It’s so quiet, which makes the scene even more
striking visually. You get that same sense walking into this week’s
number two to see. It’s at I space Gallery, on Superior Street.
Chicago-based artist Molly Briggs has painted a room there all in a
silver-gray, and along one giant, 23-foot wall, she’s created the
delicate outlines of trees, painted in bluey-silver and a bright red.
The images of the trees, sometimes layered on each other, are actually
portraits of real trees that stand along a stretch of North Avenue,
from the far west side all the way to the lake front. Briggs
delicately renders each tiny branch, each subtle contour of the
trunk. And in a way, just like snow, she articulates that skeleton,
shows you how fine it is. The landscape is quiet, powerful, and so
beautiful. The panoramic image is actually eight distinct panels, and
the artist plans to separate them when the exhibition closes, a week
from Saturday. So go to I space now, for Molly Briggs’s stunning
reinvention of the silhouettes that surround us." (transcribed from
radio broadcast) |
