Just Off

Reception: Wednesday, February 24th, 6 to 8 pm
Exhibition: February 24 to March 20, 2010

Sloan Fine Art is pleased to present Just Off, a group exhibition curated by Peter Drake and Alix Sloan with works by Jean-Pierre Arboleda, Miriam Berger, Dina Brodsky, Lisa Lebofsky, Amy Mahnick, Roberto Osti, Lauri Panopoulos, Nic Rad, Jean-Pierre Roy, Melanie Vote and Mitra Walter.

The most profoundly uncanny moments in life aren’t recognizable as such. They are like a ringing in the ears or a frame permanently askew, the missing object on a mantelpiece that lets you know that the scene has been disturbed. For Just Off, curators Peter Drake and Alix Sloan have brought together eleven uncannily like-minded emerging artists. With disconnected gestures, anatomical drawings of non-existent creatures, detritus still lives that remind one of ceramic figurines and everyday environments disrupted by unsettling forces, their imagery is similarly, subtly, disquietingly unhinged. The collected works are at their core familiar and beautiful but together they are undeniably and intriguingly Just Off.

Peter Drake is an artist and curator living in New York City. Curated exhibitions include Normal at Linda Warren Gallery and The Burbs at DFN Gallery.

Running concurrently with Just Off, in the gallery's project room is Always Moving, new works by Ryan Scully.

Images, left to right: "Party of the Second Part" & "Party of the Third Part." Both are Mitra Walter, 2009, oil on panel, 6" diameter.