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Alina Tenser, Nathlie Provosty: Ultraviolet

September 18th - October 31st, 2015

Ultraviolet is a two-person exhibition of new works by Alina Tenser and Nathlie Provosty at Gallery Diet. Ultraviolet light exists just beyond the spectrum visible to the human eye, though all types of non-humans do see and use it. Taking this as a metaphor, both artists deal with how non-visual forces underly and enhance their highly -visual work. Provosty will present oil paintings from three ongoing series: Subject Without A SkinNear Ultraviolet, and Near Infrared. Tenser will present a grouping of shallow-volume sculptural works, or “trays,” and two video projections.

Provosty’s letter-like forms and X-ray-like inspired images are built up into nuanced surfaces—complicated planes of reflection and absorptionUsing dark blues, bright whites, and occasionally high-key colors, Provosty straddles the image/object divide, and stokes the sensations of the overlapping of languages. In Tenser’s work, body parts and abstract objects perform methodically movements across various surfaces—blurring their separations. Like a stone skipping across water, they are carried forward by speed and rhythm: repeated, abrupt, and gentle touches, while taut with molecular tension.

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  • Nathlie Provosty, Epigraph (SWS IV), 2015, Oil on linen, 84 x 96 in
  • Nathlie Provosty, Near Infrared, 2015, Oil on linen, 19 x 15 in
  • Alina Tenser, Wired Tray, 2015, Wood, milk paint, wax, photo print, nylon strapping, 57 x 15 1/2 x 5 in
  • Alina Tenser, Resting Tray., 2015, Wood, milk paint, wax, photo print, nylon strapping, 11 x 42 x 27 in
  • Nathlie Provosty, Subject Without a Skin II, 2014, Oil on linen, 84 x 96 in
  • Alina Tenser, Family Bed 2, 2015, Foam, aluminum roof coating, headliner fabric, spray paint, cardboard, 28 x 26 x 2 1/2 in
  • Nathlie Provosty, Near Ultraviolet IV, 2015, Oil on linen, 19 x 15 in
  • Nathlie Provosty, Near Infrared III, 2015, Oil on linen, 19 x 15 in
  • Nathlie Provosty, Near Ultraviolet II, 2015, Oil on linen, 19 x 15 in
  • Alina Tenser, Climbing from memory, 2015, Video projection on plexi screen, 39 x 36 x 1/2 in