Zeitgeist Gallery is currently showing an exhibit titled "Sub Urban Legends." The introduction from the gallery's website is as follows:Zeitgeist is pleased to present two artists new to the area: Justin Plakas and Jessica Wohl. In keeping with Zeitgeist’s tradition of summer exhibitions reaching into the area studio community, these two artists kick off the first of two “project space” shows.Jessica Wohl's contributions to the exhibit are on the topic of "suburbia." Zeitgeist Gallery's Facebook page has some previews to Jessica's work, which is very interesting. The previews represent two mediums. In the first medium, Jessica uses embroidery to alter "found" photographs. The second medium is ink on paper drawings. Both mediums start with something traditional and expected yet have a twist that represents the flaws and secrets that suburbia holds.
In contrast with the altered photos, which are very obviously sinister and symbolic, the ink on paper drawings seem at first to be simply visually interesting drawings: a closer look reveals symbolic commentary. The piece shown at right, for example, seems at first to be an image of a family swimming in a nice pool outside their home. Further inspection, however, reveals a young boy on the right peeing into the pool as though he were at a urinal. Underneath the water, and barely noticeable, is a shadow that seems to be two people under the surface and using straws to get air. In addition, there is a person under the tree on the left, peering at the family from the outside of the fence (while a security camera bears down on the scene from the right of the house.) The subtle details are open for interpretation and allow the viewer to infer possible meanings for themselves.
The show runs from July 7 through July 30, 2011.
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