CASTELLANI
ART MUSEUM OF NIAGARA UNIVERSITY USA |
Niagara
September 25, 2016- January 11, 2017
Sara M.
Zak’s large-scale paintings are composed of complex multi-layered narratives.
Built primarily around recurrent imagery of a blissful young girl, a swing,
suspension apparatus, the American flag and architectural interiors; her work
combines lush color and loose brushwork.
Presented
in shifting perspectives, repetition of these elements communicates the
tediousness of too familiar everyday life.
Also entwined in the works is Zak’s consideration of perpetual
“Inter-generational self-replacement”—daughter becomes mother…becomes
grandmother in perpetuity.
Zak’s
canvases function as a heightened awareness of half-remembered dreams or
uninvited premonitions. Devoid of any sentimentality (a term the artist
despises), below the surface of her paintings lies a purposeful sense of
unease. Discomfort and agitation at the thought and fear of unforeseen
life-changing catastrophes clouds Zak’s psyche while painting.
With these
understandings, her heightened awareness of the fragility of life becomes
evident. Zak, expertly handling her
medium, constructs ingenious complexities that are physically flat but are also
multi-dimensional.
Contact
details
5795
Lewiston Road, Niagara University , Niagara, NY, USA 14109
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