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A space in time laura phelps rogers6/24/2023 Alighting on the chair and “flying” around it are oversized, ready-made plastic butterflies. And to even further convey the sense of an indoor arcadia, Rogers has distributed bare branches, dried flowers and even fresh flowers around the space.Īs you enter, the first vignette that catches your eye is an old armchair, in which the traditional tuck-and-roll upholstery has been covered in dried moss it looks like a throne sitting in a fairy-tale room in the woods. As in a classical grotto, she uses indoor pieces, such as found antique furniture and architectural elements, that have been rusticated, as though they were meant to live outdoors. In Laura Phelps Rogers: Enchanted, the artist brings in objects that call to mind the outdoors in order to create what could be called a garden room, but also has the gothic quality of a grotto. Laura Phelps Rogers The theme of domesticity continues in the members' show in the main gallery. ![]() The tension between the recognizably humble origin of the materials used to make the pieces and the almost Brancusi-like elegance of the simple forms is thoughtfully presented, making this exhibit very compelling. She haas cut in or in some other way altered the functional head of the device to minimize it, leaving mostly the wooden pole-handle elements, an elegant minimalist form that dominates the entire suite of sculptures. The sculptures retain their familiar appearance, which evokes their intended use however, Grey undercuts any thoughts of these sculptures fulfilling their original mandates as tools by altering them in such a way as to subvert their usefulness. ![]() The “fossicking sticks” pointedly reference domesticity, in particular house cleaning, because they’ve been made out of household objects such as mops, brooms, pool nets and brushes. Though Grey lives in Colorado, she's from New Zealand, where spinifex is a coastal grass. The space has been sparely installed with an irregular rhythm of vertical rod sculptures mounted with handsome hardware brackets attached to the walls these sculptures are from Grey’s “Fossicking Sticks” series, named after Australian slang for a walking stick that’s used for beach combing. This time that solo is the severely handsome Spinifex and salty trails: Judith Grey, which comprises simple conceptual sculptures that Grey has made of altered found objects or things that have been repurposed. In a reversal of the setup at the longtime Navajo Street location, visitors enter the Pirate gallery in Lakewood through the associates’ space, so that the solos by associate members are now the first thing they see.
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