Mark Moore Gallery (Venue Partner)
5790 Washington Blvd.
310.453.3031
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Todd Hebert, "Dreamcatcher" (2009)
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July 11, 2009 – Aug 15, 2009
Tuesdays–Saturdays (11am–6pm)
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“In his latest body of work, Todd Hebert employs a mix of sharp detail and soft focus, and a dark yet brilliantly colorful palette. Scaffold-hinged billboard letters, silhouetted "snowmen," and dream-catchers are back-lit by festive arrays of blurry lights. The results are acrylic paintings that both reveal and disguise slices of a mysterious concept of place, allowing the viewer to interpret for herself. In the Project Room, Jennifer Nehrbass' unnerving oil portraits depict women ecnountered in medias res; inside traditional oval frames, further tension is provoked from the contrast between subjects and the serene backgrounds in front of which they are placed.”
Phil Kropoth, Flavorpill
On view through August 15th, Todd Hebert and Jennifer Nehrbass present new bodies of work in simultaneous solo exhibitions at Mark Moore Gallery. In Hebert's City and Country, the artist plays with expected scale, producing intimate and captivating works that entrance the viewer with the precision of their small details. Hebert embraces the label of "photorealistic surrealism" that his past work has earned, yet produces something that is altogether subtler and quieter. Meanwhile, Nehrbass' Weep and Wonder features eight paintings that act as "anti-vignettes," the subjects' faces contrasting sharply to the simple backgrounds, each portrait an unadulterated expression of grief, fear or lust. Far removed from her earlier portraits — where the narratives of her tableaux were so apparent, each canvas capturing a performance rather than a pose — these cameos remove the subject completely, isolating them in pure emotion.
