Jonathan Solo: Press

Shadow
Jonathan Solo
Jan 08 - Feb 19
Catharine Clark Gallery
by Bean Gilsdorf

"Paradoxically, the most resolved impression of Jonathan Solo’s collaged drawings at Catharine Clark Gallery is one of deep ambiguity. In seven of the eight works on pristine cream-colored paper, figures float in space, performing enigmatic acts. In Removed (2010), for example, a lithe woman cradles a man’s decapitated head in her lap. Seated next to her is a headless slim form, but its body is female. Did the male head come from the female body, or did it fall from the open trapdoor that hovers above the figures? A floating trail of red and pink flowers provides no indication."

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