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Return to search results Beautiful Illusions Melanie Colosimo & Charley YoungCharley Young, Rocky Mountains Diptych (detail) 2014 diptych with maple wall braces left panel: graphite pencil and gouache on frosted mylar right panel: mirror of left panel image impressed on carbon paper each panel: 91.44 x 365.76 cm (3 x 12 feet) image courtesy of the artist. Beautiful Illusions presents works in graphic media by two young The title of the exhibition evokes the realism with which each artist renders subjects such as the façade of a wooden shack, a range of mountain peaks, or the intricate patterning of twisted wires in a chain-link fence. Virtuosic mimicry is not the only point of such images, however; failures such as smudges and anomalies of scale disrupt the illusions and remind viewers of the usually compliant but sometimes faltering hands and memories upon which the illusions depend. Beautiful Illusions: Works by Melanie Colosimo and Charley Young OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, 17 January, 2 to 4pm. ARTIST’S TALK & PUBLIC DRAWING EVENT ARTIST’S TALK & WORKSHOP Saturday, 28 February, 2 Exhibition Images Click on an image to enlarge it. |