THE SHAPE OF THINGS

Recent work by
Carter Hodgkin & Drew Shiflett

January 4 - February 1, 2025 

Opening reception with the artists
Saturday, January 4th, 5–8pm
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Picture
Drew Shiflett, Untitled #99, watercolor, graphite, canvas threads, cheesecloth, handmade paper, 11 1/4”x14 1/2”
Picture
Carter Hodgkin, Elusive #6, watercolor on Arches paper, 26”x40”
John Molloy Gallery is pleased to present THE SHAPE OF THINGS, an exhibition of work by Carter Hodgkin & Drew Shiflett.

Each work is in a gray zone that falls between painting, drawing and relief. They present a range of processes that are rooted in traditional histories and technology. Each artist puts a distinctive spin on shifting visual relationships constructing and de-constructing, to present highly individual and visually compelling pictorial narratives.

Shiflett’s collaged wall reliefs are the result of a cumulative process of drawing and layering to build linear, planar forms. Strips of paper and fabric are alternately glued together and drawn over with pencil and watercolor washes. Grids are employed as underlying structures to explore compressed space and translucent light. Her pieces reference textiles, while alluding to architecture, text, artifacts, and ancient civilizations.

Hodgkin fuses technology with craft, generating images through animation and code that become paintings. She modifies javascript as a drawing tool to generate atomic particle collisions. Extracting a file created by the collision, she further transforms the image into mosaic format, gluing hand-painted paper squares onto painted canvas. She works with color and visual textures to create layers of depth and movement. The painting becomes a mediation between defining and dissolving the picture plane to create an experience of flux, where color, line and form simultaneously coalesce and break down.

The show will run through February 1st.  
Drew Shiflett’s work has been shown in the U.S and Europe. Awards include
fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,
the New York Foundation for the Arts (2) and a Mid Atlantic/NEA Regional Visual
Arts Fellowship. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, Art In America, The Wall Street Journal, and the Huffington Post. Her work appears in public and private collections, including the Guild Hall Museum, the Baltimore Art Museum and the Islip Art Museum.

Carter Hodgkin has exhibited in the US, Europe and Asia. Awards include the
Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation and New York Foundation for the Arts (3). Her work appears in public and private collections including the Stanford University Art Collection, the ZKM Center for Art & Media, Germany, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Basil Alkazzi Foundation, the U.S. Art in Embassies Program and the Library of Congress.
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