David Goerk & Liv Mette Larsen

Fresh Window is pleased to present In Dialogue, an exhibition featuring sculptures by David Goerk and paintings by Liv Mette Larsen and curated by Raina Mehler. These artists utilize geometric shapes and primary and secondary colors to construct dynamic compositions that reconsider the relationship of color, line and form. The artists draw inspiration from everyday life, simplifying what they see and boiling it down to its essence—the shape, the color, the material, the feeling. Lines intersect and diverge in the picture plane; forms suggest themselves and these configurations become worlds of their own. The artworks blur the boundaries of the phenomenal and ontological, relating to the spiritual and the tangible world, the conscious and unconscious, reality and its illusion, what is inside the frame and outside of it. The works are meticulously crafted, but do not invoke a sense of detachment, coldness, or sterility. Instead, the artworks exude a restraint, diligence, humanity and empathy. In order to perceive the subtleties in their work, one needs to look long and deep and from multiple perspectives. The artworks are a reminder to take the time to get beneath the surface of things and see from different vantage points and, hopefully, discover a new point of view.