Amy Ralston and Stella Untalan: Neutral Disturbance

Neutral Disturbance pairs the sculpture of Amy Ralston and drawings of Stella Untalan.

Neutral colors, white, black, brown, and gray dominate the installation. Its organic gentleness is approachable and surprising both in its intimacy and scale.

A quiet insistence in the work is marked by memory. Ralston's sculpture poses as something you know, soft and enticing yet slightly disturbing. They are familiar yet alien; you are compelled to touch them. Untalan's minimalist winter twins explore visualizing the smells, sounds, and experience of what one can define as the past. The titles reveal the relationship of each pair of outlined rectangles; they are twins, not identical but only a few degrees apart.

The underlying is carefully considered by both artists. Soft wool obscures the wire framework in Ralston's sculpture and the almost opaque whites in Untalan's drawings obscure both the translucent substrate and marks.

The work asks us to be aware of our selves and our relationship to the world.

 

artist reception
Friday, May 6, 2011
5 - 8 pm
exhibition
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
110 CHURCH | gallery
110 Church Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106