Diane Barcelowsky
So the Story Goes



Reception: Wednesday, March 24th, 6 to 8 pm
Exhibition: March 24 to April 17, 2010

Diane Barcelowsky returns to Sloan Fine Art with a new body of work So the Story Goes. With an installation that includes mixed media elements and abstract and representational works on both paper and panel, Barcelowsky transforms the gallery into a continuous, flowing narrative. Elaborate patterns of color, line and texture act as portals to another world. Vacant landscapes, flowing waterways, mysterious trails and roads all entice the viewer from one dreamlike narrative to the next. Once arrived, Barcelowsky’s impossible perspectives, saturated colors, fantasy characters and peculiar, yet familiar situations captivate the viewer in a voyeuristic trance. Each individual work is a stand-alone piece with a story of its own. Together they are an epic saga, rich with the humor, tragedy and contagious optimism that make Barcelowsky’s work consistently engaging and compelling.

Diane Barcelowsky is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her work has been shown at BravinLee, Giant Robot and Alona Kagan Gallery in New York, Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn, Found Gallery in Los Angeles and Beaver Projects in Copenhagen, among others. She has participated in performances at Rivington Arms in New York, Black Diamond in Los Angeles and Space 405 in Brooklyn. Diane Barcelowsky lives and works in Brooklyn.

Running concurrently with So the Story Goes, in the gallery's project room, is At Night, Lights Fell and Loved Ones Returned Home by Edwin Ushiro.

Image: Diane Barcelowsky in her studio. Photo courtesy Lauren Bilanko Photography