Carrie Marill: Doing a Lot With Very Little @ Jen Bekman

Jen Bekman is pleased to present Doing a Lot With Very Little, an exhibition of new paintings by Carrie Marill. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and featured in publications such as New American Paintings, Wired Magazine, and The New York Times. This will be her first solo exhibition in New York City.

The exhibition will be on view Friday, September 12 through October 18, 2008 at Jen Bekman Gallery, located at 6 Spring Street, New York, NY, 10012. An opening reception for the artist will be held on the evening of Friday, September 12 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the gallery.

In Carrie's own words:

Doing a Lot with Very Little is the result of my endeavor to create a series of non-narrative work. I am using recognizable imagery and the language of systems to create a dialog; the mathematical and the organic cohabitate, creating a world of exploration and curiosity.

I chose to paint house plants after coming across some elegant images in a Japanese architecture book. I've painted them before and found myself returning to plants when I needed a break from the detailed birds I had been working on over the past year. I like the quiet and contemplative way drawings of ordinary house plants can say so much, through very little.

The abstract drawings are observations in color, value and composition, generating three-dimensional images in a two dimensional space. They act as pauses between the house plant paintings. It is an organic process, each color choice was in response to the previous color painted. Simple marks combine together to create an optical illusion, much like the subtle value changes and intricate lines that make up the images of house plants.

Read Carrie's full artist statement
Read the full press release

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

Doing a Lot with Very Little will be on view view from September 12th - October 18th, 2008