The 440 Gallery presents Hex by Nancy Lunsford April 2, 2009

Nancy Lunsford opens her third solo exhibition at the 440 Gallery with HEX, a show of drawings, paintings and assemblage. The exhibition runs April 2nd through May 10 with an opening reception on Thursday April 2, 6 - 9 pm. HEX refers to the hexagon, a recurring shape in the work, and also suggests hex as a spell or a curse. The work is dominated by the geometry of traditional Appalachian quilt patterns: one large canvas is a honey colored maze of hexagons and some wall-mounted sculptures are constructed in the traditional contained crazy pattern. There are also drawings that represent the hexadecimal base 16 numeral system (hex) used in computer engineering, the artist's nod toward the blessing and curse of the digital revolution. Noting the universal recurrence of geometric patterns in nature, folk art and even the pixilation of contemporary image making, the artist states: It is not so much the content but the shape and patterns themselves that have the power to mesmerize. Lunsford was steeped in the folk art and music of her native Appalachian upbringing and received a BA in Art History and English Literature from NYU. She later studied traditional Indonesian art forms at the National Art Academy in Jakarta, sculpture in Italy and animation at NYU. Ms. Lunsford recently participated in an exhibition at Apel Gallery in Istanbul Turkey and in 2008 had a solo show at the Brooklyn Artists' Gym. One of the founders of 440 Gallery, Lunsford shows regularly in the 440 members gallery and had two previous solo shows here, Pieces in 2006 and Reclaiming Red in 2005.
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