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Sharon Lawless
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For several years, I’ve been interested in the tension between accident and control, as manifested in both paintings and works on paper.

In these collages, I am assembling a random collection of elements (found printed material from numerous sources, including photographs, technical drawings and diagrams) into a rambling linear growth that resembles the smaller diagrams contained within.

Each element in the collage has a strictly visual, and occasionally uncanny, connection to the next; my working system depends on optical phenomena rather than a literal reading of “meaning”, taking only formal appearance – shape, line, color, etc. – into consideration. This transparent process of placing one element after another, until I run out of room or images, is evident in the overall composition and often results in some interesting accidental relationships within the piece.

Sharon Lawless
2007

lesley heller gallery
16 east 77th street
ground floor
new york, ny 10075

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