The artwork presents a striking visual composition centered around a tall, narrow gray triangular form situated against the backdrop of a pair of tires. The triangular shape, with its distinct ribbed texture, dominates the frame, creating a sense of geometric simplicity and balance. The muted tones of gray and black, coupled with the industrial setting, suggest a minimalist, utilitarian aesthetic. While the subject matter may appear mundane, the artist's careful framing and attention to the interplay of shapes, textures, and negative space imbue the piece with a contemplative, almost sculptural quality, inviting the viewer to consider the hidden beauty and meaning within the seemingly ordinary. ...
Shannon Ebner was born in 1971 in Englewood, New Jersey. Ebner lives and works in Brooklyn.
Shannon Ebner probes both the visual and audible tonalities of communication through her photography, sculpture, installation, and video. The various compositions of Ebner’s writing imbue new understandings into the depicted words through pushing boundaries of form in diverse modes such as her photographic essays.
francesca kaufmann gallery opened in January 2000. Since then, the gallery has aimed to explore a diverse range of media, with a focus on video, site specific installation, and a special attention towards the works of female artists. After ten years in its historical location, the gallery opened in a new space in October 2010, under the name kaufmann repetto, to mark the partnership between Francesca Kaufmann and Chiara Repetto. In its new location, the gallery has been able to further develop its exhibition programming through a project space dedicated predominantly to younger artists, as well as a courtyard for large scale outdoor installations, which run parallel to the gallery’s main exhibition schedule. In 2013, the gallery inaugurated a new location in Chelsea, New York, with a parallel program to the gallery’s main space in Milan. In 2019 the New York location moved to Tribeca, expanding to a 3,000 sq ft exhibition space. The inaugural exhibition at the gallery’s new space in Tribeca was a solo show by Lily van der Stokker. ...