Ending: Michal Rovner, "In Stone" June 29, 2004

Michal Rovner, "In Stone"
April 30 - June 30, 2004

PaceWildenstein and Pace/MacGill Gallery are pleased to present Michal Rovner: in stone, the artist?s first exhibition since she joined the gallery last summer. The exhibition will be on view at PaceWildenstein?s Chelsea gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, from April 30 through June 5, 2004. The exhibition of new video objects and installations incorporates the ancient and the modern by bringing together new media and archeological elements.

In her video work, Rovner uses human movement as gesture by presenting groups of anonymous figures reduced to their most emblematic and least individualized state. Using a compelling mixture of archaeology and science as contexts for her kinetic images, Rovner?s work conveys themes of historical documentation and record keeping as well as modern discovery and display. The video installation reveals underlying order within a seemingly chaotic, natural system. Rovner?s work embodies universalities that are applicable across cultures and throughout history.