Shrines To Fantasy (September 1996)
The
"Shrines to Fantasy" show was curated with minimal
direction,
allowing it to present as a large installation with surprising
twists and turns. The exhibition included a
room
installation by Karen Santry in which her
“Golden Girls” and hand-painted glamour queens danced across three
walls,
while an elegant Soho man, carrying a fiddle, pranced across another
with
his three dalmations.
Diane
Adzema paid homage to an Italian chapel that was
destroyed
in New York's Little Italy, to make way for a commercial building. The
installation
included artifacts and statuary from the chapel, some of which
were
suspended on wires from the ceiling. Adzema provided printed materials
to
visitors, which explained the story of the church's demise. Black and
white
photographs of the interior of the church, during the demolition, were
provided
by photographer, Ed Grazda. The installation was lit with candles that
burned
day and night. (Audrey Regan, Creative Director - Audart Gallery) |