REAL LIFE ADND OTHER MYTHS
New Works by Coral Silverman

September 3rd - 26th, 2009

 
 

Fontanelle Gallery is pleased to present Real Life and Other Myths, an installation of new sculpture and paintings by Coral Silverman.

Coral Silverman grew up in the remote mountains of Northern California and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is interested in how this transition in her own life parallels society's further removal from nature through the rise of machines and technology that govern our interactions with each other and the world. For this exhibition, Silverman has created a series of gouache paintings depicting human figures, most often alone, as they seek intimacy or some kind of connection to the world around them. These scenarios explore how modern technology creates the expectancy of connection, yet simultaneously isolates humans from one another by creating a mechanical divide through which we communicate.

Silverman's paintings will be hung alongside an installation of sculptures made from found hardcover books. The books are shown side-by-side lying wide open. Pages from the center of the book have been intricately hand-cut and painted to appear as though delicate blades of grass are growing directly out of the middle of the book. This installation explores ideas regarding various media and technology that are fast becoming outdated and obsolete. These books are literally "going to seed" and line the path between the simple life and a more modern, urban existence.

Coral Silverman was born in Cazadero, California and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute. In 2008, Silverman presented a solo exhibition at AG Gallery in Brooklyn. She has participated in group exhibitions at galleries such as Little Cakes Gallery in New York and Adobe Books in San Francisco. This is her first solo exhibition at Fontanelle Gallery and her first time showing in Portland.

 

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Coral Silverman
Cell Phone (I really don't care)
Gouache on paper
4 x 6"
$100

Coral Silverman
Cell Phone (Do you still exist?)
Gouache on paper
4 x 6
$100

Coral Silverman
Cell Phone (It's not enough)
Gouache on paper
4 x 6
$100

Coral Silverman
Cell Phone (R u alone?)
Gouache on paper
4 x 6
$100

 
 

Coral Silverman
Interior with Eagle Feather
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

Coral Silverman
Cell Phone and Deer
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

 
 

Coral Silverman
Cell Phone and Two Deer
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

Coral Silverman
Yellow Chaise
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

 
 

Coral Silverman
Girl Offering Money
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

Coral Silverman
Kissing On TV
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

 
 

Coral Silverman
Nature Program
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

Coral Silverman
Couple Sleeping
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

 
 

Coral Silverman
Skype
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

Coral Silverman
Reading On The Grass
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

 
 

Coral Silverman
Touching
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

Coral Silverman
Facebook
Gouache on paper
9 x 12"
$375

 
 

Coral Silverman
Cell Phone (Do u know who i am?)
Gouache on paper
4 x 6"
$100

Coral Silverman
Cell Phone (Is that all there is ...?)
Gouache on paper
4 x 6"
$100

Coral Silverman
Two Interiors
Gouache on paper
14 x 20"
$600

   
 

Coral Silverman
Globe and Tower
Gouache on paper
4 x 6" (x2)
$185

 
 

Coral Silverman
Globe and Tower
Gouache on paper
4 x 6" (x2)
$185

 
 

Coral Silverman
Cloud Book
Gouache on paper
4 x 6" (x2)
$185

 
 

Coral Silverman
Pink Bookcase With Plants & Clouds
Gouache on paper
4 x 6" (x2)
$185

 
 

Coral Silverman
Houseplants are For Pleasure/ Vines are my Delight.
Found book, watercolor, and adhesive

Coral Silverman
Strictly Speaking/ Capacity to Generate Language Viability Destruction
Found book, watercolor, and adhesive

 
 

Coral Silverman
The Use of the Telephone in Psychotherapy/ Work with Parents of Child Patients
Found book, watercolor, and adhesive

Coral Silverman
Your Child's Sensory World/ How to Increase Awareness of Touch.
Found book, watercolor, and adhesive

 
 

Coral Silverman
How Far She Went/ A country Girl.
Found book, watercolor, and adhesive

Coral Silverman
Urban Japanese Housewives/ Contacts Outside the Home.
Found book, watercolor, and adhesive

 
 

Coral Silverman
Loneliness/ The Loneliness of Emotional Isolation.
Found book, watercolor, and adhesive

Coral Silverman
The End of a Tradition/ A changing Society.
Found book, watercolor, and adhesive

 
 

REAL LIFE AND OTHER MYTHS, september 09

REAL LIFE AND OTHER MYTHS, september 09

 
 

 

 

 

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