Arden Bendler: Off Screen

June 24 - July 19,2023

From Galleri Urbane: "Galleri Urbane is pleased to announce ‘Off Screen’ a solo exhibition of artworks by Philadelphia artist Arden Bendler Browning. The new body of work was created following a residency in Newfoundland, Canada. The exhibition opens June 24 from 5:00 - 8:00p.m. The artist will be present, we hope you’ll come by and show Arden some Texas . The titles of Bendler Browning's paintings tether them to a place and time or atmosphere "East Coast Trail Trees," "Lost Lake," or "Imagined Ecuadorian road trip via quarantine virtual travel through clicks." They all begin with drawings, perhaps sketched on a hike or on lap-size paper in a car, compositions made within a space (sometimes virtual) or moving through it. Already, space and movement, temporality and tactility collide and nest. All have emotional as well as topographical valences. Camouflage underlies circular disc paintings that embed these sketches as collage. They are "conducive to an experience," Bendler Browning says, a "portal into a space rather than a framed window"-a subtle difference that points to a desire for immersion. Kaleidoscopic, the surfaces offer a scrim of marks in intense, vibrant hues: mark-making remains primordial while layering opens up possibilities of perception. Abstract scatterings of strokes map out constellations, multilayered, polyvalent, multifaceted. In turn, they become a coherent biome or cosmos."

Reception: June 24, 2023 | 5-8 pm

Galleri Urbane Dallas 2277 Monitor St.
Dallas, TX 75206
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