Topography of Quiet

Press Release (2/28/14)                    

TOPOGRAPHY OF QUIET

New paintings and works on paper by Bastienne Schmidt

In Topography of Quiet, the internationally renown artist Bastienne
Schmidt explores through painting, drawing and photography, the subtle interaction
between nature and imagination. Inspired by natural patterns and typologies
that she discovered on her travels in Egypt, Vietnam, Japan, Burma, and Greece,
she traces with the camera, pencil, and paintbrush the impact that our
environment has on our imagination – and vice versa. Intricate paintings and
drawings inspired by Asian scroll drawings stand side by side with abstracted
photographic compositions; together the images reveal the rhythms and patterns
that shape the physical and psychological space around us. Bastienne Schmidt
combines the notion of traveling in real life and in her mind, searching and
documenting divisions of space, markings and mappings as a reflection of a
search for identity of place.

Bastienne Schmidt is a
German-American multi-media artist, whose formative years were spent in Greece
and Italy. The artist has had numerous solo exhibitions in the United States
and abroad, including the International Center for Photography, New York, NY.
Five monographs of her photography have been published (Vivir la Muerte,
American Dreams, Shadowhome, Home Stills, and Topography of Quiet). Her work is
in private and public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York,
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, England. 

Gallery hours:

Tuesday – Saturday 10 – 5:30

and evenings by appointment.

Contact information:

 Please contact our staff
for further information, images of artwork, or to arrange a preview of the
exhibition. 

In Gallery II, Kenise Barnes Fine Art will present
new work from the studios of our other talented gallery artists including
Philippe Cheng, Gregory Hennen, David Licata, Lalani Nan, Daniel Pailes-Friedman,
Roger Ricco, and Krista Svalbonas. 

In addition to our expanded
exhibition spaces, we now have an extensive lower level inventory warehouse
that includes a private presentation room.

In-home and in-office
consultations are complimentary.