Good Naked (Brooklyn) is pleased to present:
FATA MORGANA / a solo exhibition of works by Vincent Stracquadanio
OPENING / Friday, June 13th / 6 - 8 pm
The Java Project / 252 Java Street #100 / Brooklyn NY 11222
info@goodnakedgallery.com
Good Naked (New York NY) is pleased to present FATA MORGANA, a solo exhibition of paintings by Vincent Stracquadanio opening Friday, June 13th from 6-8pm.
FATA MORGANA is a mirage that occurs right above the horizon line, where objects appear to be doubled and in the air - leading people to think they’ve seen floating castles, flying ships or UFOs. A confusion of the expected order of things, such that these visions were once attributed to Morgan le Fay - living deep in the volcanic Mt Etna. The paintings in this show explore this confused space, the gap between a “thisness” and a “whatness.” Candles in their limited light attempt to reveal the rooms they are in, only to actualize further unknowable spaces. Time slowly fades as does light in the flames. Green curtains drape across these spaces in frozen states of revealing or concealing / beginning or concluding. Enticing you to push through the enfilade of layered spaces, or left wondering what you are unable to see. Shadowy voids try to find a human shape, while red hands creep into these paintings further disturbing an already questionable order. All the while erupting volcanoes mark an older sense of time, suggesting that this has all happened before, and may again.
Vincent Stracquadanio (New York, NY) is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He received his MFA from the Yale School of Art and BA in Visual Arts and Art History from Fordham University. His work has been exhibited at Good Naked, NY, Plum Benefits, NY, Patient Info, Il, Platform x David Zwirner, NY, ArtSpace, CT and others. He has been published in Drawing Stall, Vol 1 and Peer Review, Vol. 3. He is currently an adjunct professor at Fordham University and a Co-Director of Transmitter Gallery. Stracquadanio is represented by Good Naked Gallery.