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a series of postcard-size paintings, Deanna Lee explores
the way in which images of landscapes kindle a longing
to escape to serene or exotic places. For this exhibit,
she developed a new series representing standard Wave
Hill views and photographs taken by the staff. On
display are twenty-five 4"x 6" paintings
on plywood featuring the borrowed views of Wave Hill
and three groups of small paintings that explore other
seductive places. For the Wave Hill Paintings, Ms.
Lee interpreted a technique of traditional Chinese
garden design, "borrowing a view", that
involves a feature (such as a pagoda, lake, or mountain)
from beyond the perimeter of a small garden. The borrowed
feature is made the focus of a view from within the
garden walls. Her subjects for previous works have
been sunsets from a stock photography catalogue, tourist
postcards from Hawaii, baby pictures from friends
and the internet, and the featured illustrations from
the Sunday New York TimesTravel section.
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