© Nicholas Frank
Nicholas Frank's exhibition at The Green Gallery East, on Farwell, was an interesting process to watch throughout the show. Frank also had a video installation that was shown with his paintings. Throughout the exhibition Frank would come in, remove a blank canvas from the wall and create a painting on his studio floor, which was brought into the gallery to intensify the marks of his process. The entire show revolved around the process an artist goes through to create a body of work. Over looking the square canvasses was a larger one that would collect the rags used to create the paintings, which in itself would create another process piece. "There was a short looping video of the artist doing an interpretive dance. there was also a green colored glass and i think it helps reflect a bit off the walls on two sides. The person working at the gallery helped explain some background for some of the work. She says the piece 'activates' the space which is an interesting way to see it." ~ Winifred Wee
"The shows are a consideration of the simultaneous movement of action and history. The title, an obvious play on the famous Spiral Jetty earthwork of Robert Smithson, considers how a prior action can both ‘sink’ and be ‘raised’ through choreographic acts of historical memory. Through a floor that is a painting, paintings that arise out of the floor, new video sculpture by The Secret Choreographer, and pages of the Nicholas Frank Biography, Frank ponders the ins and outs of ups and downs and back-and-forths and leaves objects hanging in the air like an unanswered question. "
http://www.thegreengallery.biz/nicholas-frank/spiraling-jet-up
© Nicholas Frank
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