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NEW YORK - May
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NEW YORK. AN EXHIBITION of new politically charged work by Gayle Wells Mandle and Julia Mandle entitled GAME will be on view at LTMH Gallery from April 27 through May 20, 2011. Both artists unceasingly question the world through a lens focused on power struggles in the Middle East through their painting, sculpture, photography, and works on paper. Both are American artists, mother and daughter, living abroad – Gayle Well Mandle in Qatar and Julia Mandle in Holland – which has sharpened their perspective on the American conflicts in the Arabic world.
Julia Mandle’s new installation of work relating to piñatas explores the dark side of a well-known children’s game. Lamiya's Last Game includes photographs, works on paper and fabric, and bronze and ceramic sculpture. Mandle’s body of work was inspired by a photograph of a young Iraqi girl’s body being prepared for burial taken by Stephanie Sinclair for the Chicago Tribune in 2003. In an uncanny coincidence, the opening date of exhibition marks the anniversary of Lamyia's death eight years ago. She was killed by a cluster bomb on April 27, 2003.
Piñatas originally were created for redemptive ceremonies whereby revelers would violently strike a ceramic seven-pointed star shape and wish for the sweet hereafter symbolized by the gifts contained within. Taken by the combination of brutality and naivety, Mandle builds on the concept of piñatas to call attention to the youngest victims of America’s invasion of Iraq.
Gayle Wells Mandle’s mixed media paintings represent the games that people play as individuals, nations, and cultures. One important theme is the discrimination game played by the native Qatari population against the giant labor force of immigrants. A collage entitled Boom Town, 2009, uses photography of construction sites, exploring issues of labor rights. HyperMarket, 2010-11, is an installation of 38 collaged paintings relating to the mega-store game plan that hypes goods from food to electronics. Wells Mandle’s mixed media paintings reflect a rapidly growing Gulf State and a changing socio-political environment.
Julia Mandle’s new installation of work relating to piñatas explores the dark side of a well-known children’s game. Lamiya's Last Game includes photographs, works on paper and fabric, and bronze and ceramic sculpture. Mandle’s body of work was inspired by a photograph of a young Iraqi girl’s body being prepared for burial taken by Stephanie Sinclair for the Chicago Tribune in 2003. In an uncanny coincidence, the opening date of exhibition marks the anniversary of Lamyia's death eight years ago. She was killed by a cluster bomb on April 27, 2003.
Piñatas originally were created for redemptive ceremonies whereby revelers would violently strike a ceramic seven-pointed star shape and wish for the sweet hereafter symbolized by the gifts contained within. Taken by the combination of brutality and naivety, Mandle builds on the concept of piñatas to call attention to the youngest victims of America’s invasion of Iraq.
Gayle Wells Mandle’s mixed media paintings represent the games that people play as individuals, nations, and cultures. One important theme is the discrimination game played by the native Qatari population against the giant labor force of immigrants. A collage entitled Boom Town, 2009, uses photography of construction sites, exploring issues of labor rights. HyperMarket, 2010-11, is an installation of 38 collaged paintings relating to the mega-store game plan that hypes goods from food to electronics. Wells Mandle’s mixed media paintings reflect a rapidly growing Gulf State and a changing socio-political environment.
JULIA MANDLE
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GAYLE WELLS MANDLE
GAME
LTMH GALLERY - New York
until 20 May
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GAYLE WELLS MANDLE
GAME
LTMH GALLERY - New York
until 20 May
Julia Mandle, Lulu Plays (LLG photograph from event), 2011
Ultrachrome print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper, 24 x 16 inches, edition of 10
Ultrachrome print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper, 24 x 16 inches, edition of 10
Gayle Wells Mandle, HyperMarket, 2010-11, mixed media, 38 works, dimensions variable. (Installation view)
About Gayle Wells Mandle
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May 2011
