Ria Brodell: Out of the Forest

January 6 – January 29, 2009

Ria Brodell, The Remains of a Wormbunny, 2008, pencil and acrylic on paper, 30"x44"

Ria Brodell, The Birdmen Assess the Submarine, 2007, acrylic and colored pencil on paper, 23" x 30"

Ria Brodell, The Wolf and the Caterpillar Follow the Birdmen, 2008, colored pencil and pencil on paper, 25" x 40"

Ria Brodell, The Guineasaurs, 2008, clay, wire, aproxy and pencil

Ria Brodell, The Wolf and the Caterpillar Rest with the submarine, 2008, pencil on paper

Ria Brodell, Installation View, 2008

Ria Brodell, Installation View, 2008

Ria Brodell, Installation View, 2008

Ria Brodell, Installation View, 2008

Ria Brodell, Installation View, 2008

Ria Brodell, Installation View, 2008

Ria Brodell, Installation View, Detail, 2008

Brodell's drawings and sculptures pull the viewer into the mysterious environment that she has created so that we may witness the multi-layered relationships between her fantastic creatures. Companionship, loyalty, decay, violence, compassion, war and retreat are only a few of the situations on view between the Wormbunnies, Birdmen, Mulathons and other populations in Brodell's world. Using charcoal, pencil, graphite powder and acrylic on paper, the artist's skillful rendering assures the works' ability to compell, convince and encourage a willingness in viewers to enter into the unknown and suspend disbelief while absorbed by Brodell's work.