{"id":1540,"date":"2010-02-11T22:37:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T06:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/02\/claudia_fitch_-_vauvillian_abs\/"},"modified":"2010-02-11T22:37:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T06:37:49","slug":"claudia_fitch_-_vauvillian_abs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/02\/claudia_fitch_-_vauvillian_abs.html","title":{"rendered":"Claudia Fitch – vaudevillian abstraction"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a hike last summer, Claudia
\nFitch<\/a> came across a stand of deadly nightshade. (image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"nightshade.jpg\"Its colors were
\nprecise, and its leaves so crisply constructed they looked manufactured.
\nFLOATING MECHANISM (nightshade)<\/i> is the result, an installation
\nat Suyama Space<\/a>
\ncurated by Beth Sellars.<\/p>\n

\"claudiafitchlens1.jpg\"
\"claudiafitchlens2.jpg\"\"claudiafitchlens3.jpg\"Fitch has a
\nlongstanding interest in
\nthe theme of manufactured gardens, specifically topiary, using steel and
\nAstroTurf for the
\npurpose.
\nHer gardens led to figurative abstractions: breasts, hips and hairdos
\nmade from welded metal armatures and Styrofoam covered in velvety
\nflocking.<\/p>\n

She engages art history as if the artists in it were in
\nthe room, having a conversation with her.<\/p>\n

Umberto Boccioni Unique Forms of Continuity in
\nSpace<\/i> 1913 (cast 1931). Bronze, 43 7\/8″ x 34 7\/8″ x 15 3\/4″ (111.2 x
\n88.5 x 40 cm). Image via Museum
\nof Modern Art<\/a><\/p>\n

\"umbertoboccionifig.jpg\"MANTEL PIECE #2
\n(pleated)<\/i>, 2007 (Patinated bronze with oil paint 21″ x
\n20″ x 6″ Ed\/3) Her version has a touch of Art Deco that tones down
\nFuturism’s inherent hysteria.<\/p>\n

\"claudiafitchfigure.jpg\"For FM (nightshade<\/i>),
\nshe engaged the landscape as a floating world, following Hiroshige<\/a>.
\nInstead of following him into anything close to a literal terrain, she
\ntook her tribute into the comics. Is there another artist who turns the
\njaunty emblems of comic strips into abstraction without losing their
\nwisecracking verve? <\/p>\n

The lens-like object on its cantilevered armature hangs
\nover a pool, seeing itself. Hanging over the floor is a production line
\nof blooms, quite breast-like. What is the fate of a breast in the age of
\nmechanical reproduction? Each is perfect. Each one rises, dotted with
\nred at its tip. None lies flat or sags on its side. FM (nightshade)<\/i>
\nis a hat tip to Fitch’s fellow makers, those who, like her, fabricate
\nfantasies from the world’s raw material. <\/p>\n

Through April 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a hike last summer, Claudia Fitch came across a stand of deadly nightshade. (image via) Its colors were precise, and its leaves so crisply constructed they looked manufactured. FLOATING MECHANISM (nightshade) is the result, an installation at Suyama Space curated by Beth Sellars. Fitch has a longstanding interest in the theme of manufactured gardens, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}