November 7- December 28, 2003

JENNIFER BARTLETT
CONCEPTUAL CARTOGRAPHY: NEW WORKS
Jennifer Bartlett's new body of work, debuting at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery in November, is a fascinating multimedia exploration with coordinates that defy precise navigation. Bartlett begins with maps of various countries and, by employing her own unique form of map-making, creates works that meld painting, sculpture, and installation art into entities that skirt conventional classification. Bartlett illuminates her layered concept of place with pencil drawings and paintings in gouache and oil. The intricately shaped canvases that form the focus of each mini-installation accurately depict a given country's boundaries and instantly cue viewers to the lexicon of maps or atlases.

Exhibition curator: Silas Cook, Assistant Director, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery