{"id":18682,"date":"2013-10-25T09:20:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T14:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=18682"},"modified":"2013-10-28T10:26:43","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T15:26:43","slug":"kent-dorn-rebecca-goyette-fv-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2013\/10\/25\/kent-dorn-rebecca-goyette-fv-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"~KENT DORN . . SHADOWLAND .. PART II"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORE PIX FROM THE OPENING . . <\/p>\n

KENT DORN . . . ‘SHADOWLAND’
\nOCT 17 – NOV 16, 2013
\nFREIGHT+VOLUME<\/a> – 530 WEST 24TH ST – CHELSEA<\/p>\n

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\nKENT DORN, ‘Outsiders’, 2013.
\nmixed media on canvas, 80 x 60 in.
\n($15,000)<\/p>\n

I like this particular piece because it’s about .. outsiders. just joking. NOT !!
\nI like the way it has a foot in both camps. the sunlight does manage to come through, the vast darkness of the woods . . the guitar player, and the little dog lapping water, the ‘shared’ social overtones. the vast growth, and the flowing water. still not polluted, not submerged in litter or pollution.
\nbut the rural life is bittersweet, there’s a feeling things are not all they should be .. life’s not that sunny. the forest is degrading, tree limbs are breaking in front of our eyes, the water seems . . icy cold.
\nthere’s a dead end there, lurking just off center.
\na vacuous in the faces, that says these are not just revelers, these are hard-times folks.
\nit’s bittersweet, one foot in the light, and one foot in the dark.<\/p>\n

it’s interesting to note the contrast between this show and Kent Dorn’s previous solo show, at FREIGHT+VOLUME . . back in NOV 2010.
\nin his previous show, titled: ‘REMAINS” . . it was a little heavy going on the portraits, of which .. single portraits there are none – in this show. a nice evolution. it’s nice to see how he moves around in his ‘gray’ area, rather than being ‘trapped’ by it. <\/p>\n

see: BIG STREET PARTY\/KENT DORN<\/a><\/p>\n

see: KENT DORN\/more opening pix <\/a><\/p>\n

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\ndetail, ‘Outsiders’.
\nthings are not quite as dramatic as a car crash. but they still speak .. plenty.
\nthough the narrative is still there .. to draw out, reflecting off the way the world has moved forward (?), since 2010. though it seems to be afternoon, it feels more night, than .. day.
\nbut not totally .. creepy. just hazy, just at that midpoint, where good meets bad.
\nlight meets dark.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, ‘Outsiders’
\nthe painterly technique has evolved, too. it’s a touch cooler, still dramatic, but kind of submerged, like a pulse rather than a shout. with delicate moments, among the big brushstrokes.
\nflat and linear areas flares up, just as easily as those that are built-up, with painterly 3-D modelling . .
\nall good.<\/p>\n

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\ndetail, ‘Outsiders’.
\nthe detailing .. is a road trip – all in itself.<\/p>\n

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\nas in most of Kent Dorn’s paintings, esp the landscapes, the sun .. and sometimes the moon, and sometimes both – is really a big part of the game.
\na big multi-layered concept \/ metaphor . . to consider.
\na big aspect of the emotional content.<\/p>\n

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\nthis painting also really fascinated me. it had a sun, and a moon, and a . . vignette.<\/p>\n

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\nthe light from the sun and the moon . .
\nvignette: “a brief evocative description, account or episode.”
\nvignette: “a small illustration or portrait ‘photograph’ that fades into its background<\/strong>, without a definite border.<\/strong>”
\nsource: define vignette<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nKENT DORN, ‘Campfire Song (Waiting for the Eclipse)’, 2013.
\nmixed media on canvas, 72 x 96 in.
\n($16,000)<\/p>\n

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\nthere is always a surface play – a physical approach to the paint – that is a trip in and of itself, but that also, obviously .. informs the narrative, and contributes to that sense of ‘darkness’.<\/p>\n

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\nit’s also a balancing act. counter-balancing, really.
\nthe paint is applied with such ‘passion’ .. yet the overall result is: cool. dark abstract, haunting.
\nboth scratched in, and . . layered over.<\/p>\n

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\nnice scene, the red tent and the fire .. the glow around all, yet .. darkness prevails.
\nsadness prevails.<\/p>\n

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\nit’s almost oriental . . in it’s gray area, no border yin yang approach.
\nit’s not, your standard . . gung ho Americana, that for sure.<\/p>\n

MORE PIX FROM THE OPENING . . POSTING SUNDAY.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MORE PIX FROM THE OPENING . . KENT DORN . . . ‘SHADOWLAND’ OCT 17 – NOV 16, 2013 FREIGHT+VOLUME – 530 WEST 24TH ST – CHELSEA KENT DORN, ‘Outsiders’, 2013. mixed media on canvas, 80 x 60 in. ($15,000) I like this particular piece because it’s about .. outsiders. just joking. NOT !! I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18682"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18758,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18682\/revisions\/18758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}