Evergreen and Gold
A two-person exhibition by Andrea Loefke & Mark Schatz
April 10th – May 2nd, 2015
Opening: April 10th, 6 – 9 pm
Andrea Loefke. Homecoming, 2013 (Smack Mellon, Brooklyn) Mixed-media installation, 35′ x 25′ x 12′
Mark Schatz. I Was Going To Make A Model Of The World…(Overpass). 2011. EPS Foam, model terrain mixed media. 16″ x 22″ x 32″
The work of Mark Schatz and Andrea Loefke must be explored in a meandering, searching way. The everyday world is present and recognizable but re-made, new and curious. Shifts in scale and density can alternately engulf the viewer and then draw them into tiny, intimate detail. Cast-off objects find their place amid exquisitely hand-crafted elements. Worlds that are equally haphazard and cultivated are gradually revealed.
Both Mark Schatz and Andrea Loefke are drawn to the tension between order and disorder. For their exhibition Evergreen and Gold, Schatz and Loefke pursue the potential for transformation within ideals of permanence and stability.
Andrea Loefke. Untitled – 9X. 2004. Styrofoam, foam, wood, vinyl, bubble wrap. 69″ x 160″ x 180″
Mark Schatz. Universe. 2013. Conduit, cardboard, duct tape, wood, plaster, found objects, and lights. 96″ x 156″ x 270″
Andrea Loefke. Oh Do Let Me Help To Undo It! 2006. Wood, flannel-backed vinyl tablecloth, styrofoam, yarn, aquacote latex paint, latex, vinyl, plastic cups, batting, blackboard paint, chalk, foam peanuts, carpet. 130″ x 203″ x 455″
Mark Schatz. Model Homes: Claim. 2008. Wood, found cardboard, mixed media. 72″ x 80 ” x 16″