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Karla
Knight is exhibiting 48 ledger paper paintings from
her Super Eye Vision series. This is part of
a family of imaginary biomorphic images and objects
that she has developed over many years. The title for
the series comes from her young son’s observation
that the paintings looked like they had “super
eye vision.” While some of the images actually
resemble eyeballs, they also have a supernatural quality
and are open to a wide range of interpretation on the
part of the viewer.
Knight’s surrealistic bodies of life appear to
evolve, grow and mutate from page to page, conjuring
associations with the inner body and extraterrestrial
life on other worlds. Some paintings appear to depict
a microscopic world, while others allude to the vast
cosmos. Her connection to science is personal and idiosyncratic.
As a starting place for her imagination, she is drawn
to old science textbooks on invertebrates, biology,
and DNA as well as astrology and astromy texts, actual
fossils and rocks. The ledger paper is an important
aspect of the series. It has an antiquated association
with another form of data presentation, and offers a
framework for each image to occupy.
Karla Knight has had solo exhibitions at Lorence-Monk
Gallery, New York, NY; Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL; and
William Francis Gallery, Providence, RI. She has participated
in group exhibitions at the Adam Baumgold Gallery, New
York, NY; Imaginary Friend, Rupert Goldsworthy
Gallery, New York, NY; The Return of the Cadavre
Exquis, Drawing Center, New York, NY; and New
Works on Paper, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
For more information visit www.karlaknight.org |
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Super
Eye Vision #50,
2003
mixed media on paper
16½” x 6¾”
Courtesy of the artist
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Super
Eye Vision #39,
2003
mixed
media on paper
16½”
x 6¾”
Courtesy of the artist |
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Super
Eye Vision #55,
2003
mixed
media on paper
16½”
x 6¾”
Courtesy of the artist
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