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Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to present Horizon Lines, a series of new neon sculptures by Cammie Staros. Continuing research from her 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship, Staros focuses on exploring classical art historical tropes by upending the visual language of Greco-Roman architecture and artifacts.
In this series, Staros explores stone as a geological and human relic of marking time. Soft pink neon is embedded into textural travertine, appearing to melt away from the compacted rock as if pulled by the weight of gravity. The sculptures undeniably appear as landscapes. The contrast of the natural stone edge and man-made elements of the neon simultaneously references an ancient past and possibly unknown forces on a structure left to ruin.
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“I enjoy how the marble hands feel ghostly. They are reminiscent of Greek statuary—by virtue of being marble and figurative—and the sky, which are connected to the Gods. ”
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Cammie Starosflitting among the insubstantial shades, 2021White marble and cold cathode4 x 47 x 9 in
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Cammie Staros, What Will Have Being, Installation view, January 2021
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Cammie Staros: Horizon Lines
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