Julie Duschenes

This series continues Duschenes' investigation into the genre of still life, begun over eight years ago. For this exhibition, she is using still life to translate a method of describing events from quantum mechanics to visual art. Collapse of the Wave Function refers to the theory which states that multiple probabilities revert to a single reality, and the artist follows this idea to allow for its metaphorical value to emerge.

The paintings originate from dinner settings. They are pre-determined yet random events which quickly become symbols for both interaction and formal arrangements. They then move into the realm of choice and separation. Duschenes portrays objects usually situated in a table setting, now transposed into a specific configuration which speaks of perception while illuminating the act of perceiving.

"When I am painting in the deliberate manner to which I am devoted, I am painting in a way which is wholly conscious, corralling all conscious and unconscious thought in a tight enclosure so that they mill around appearing and disappearing.” (Julie Duschenes)

Guest curated by Jill Pollack