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May 25 - July 27, 2003
 

Wave Hill Painting MH1, 2003
acrylic on plywood

4" x 6"


In 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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