Holland Tunnel Newburgh is pleased to present “Subjective Logic”, an exhibition of works by Mark Gibian, Sarah Walker and Joel Carreiro, artists whose work is varied but share overlapping formal and thematic aspects.
Subjective logic is a type of probabilistic logic that explicitly takes epistemic uncertainty and source trust into account. In general, subjective logic is suitable for modeling and analyzing situations involving uncertainty and relatively unreliable sources.
Sarah Walker makes paintings that act as visual filters where information is filtered in, not out. Interwoven layers evoke a restless associative state: mirroring an increasingly complex world. As more virtual realms appear, how do we place ourselves within non-material spaces? What visual language accompanies multidimensional states? Fundamentally her paintings offer visual tools for experiencing multiple intersecting dimensions.
Joel Carreiro’s works evolve from a close reading of cultural objects such as Renaissance paintings, European decorative objects or Medieval manuscript marginalia. This intimate involvement with art images yields possibilities for new art, through a process of combination or reconfiguration. The source images already have clearly defined identities as art, which they must be coaxed out of before they can assume new ones. The transformation at the heart of this process is dependent upon an assumption that things are not fixed in their identities but are mutable and can be changed into other things. Working within pre-existing conditions, he cobbles hybrids.
Mark Gibian’s sculpture has always been organic and structural, yet industrial. He transforms hard materials into curvy forms. His watercolors employ spiraling lines to create evolving shapes. He recently collaborated with artist Jim Polk to create a series of kinetic works that translate these drawings into three dimensions. Motors, cables and electronic controls open and close the petals or fronds in multiple combinations.