carte blanche
curated by Samuels Creative & Co.
Park Hyatt New York
153 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
June 3 - September 10, 2021
A keen observer of her environment, French-British artist Sophie Kitching creates installations, paintings, and sculptures that offer condensed versions of naturalistic phenomena. In her new and recent paintings on iridescent mylar and two-way mirror, the artist furthers her ongoing experimentation with surface material, light, and precise compositional imbalance.
Curated by Samuels Creative & Co. in collaboration with the artist, carte blanche offers a chromatic walk through the fifteen vitrines of the Avenue Gallery. These works on paper and polycarbonate panels use gestural mark-making to create an ambiguous sense of depth. Passersby might perceive a familiar reflection or recall a distant memory. At each stop, Kitching presents us with fragments of a landscape held in a vertical grid, a ray of light captured on a changing surface.
Mirror & stones III, 2016
from a suite of 9
oil, ink, stone on iridescent mylar, mounted on paper
sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 in. (75 x 56 cm)
frame: 32 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. (82 x 63 cm)
Private Collection, Berlin
Mirror & stones IV, 2016
from a suite of 9
oil, ink, stone on iridescent mylar, mounted on paper
sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 in. (75 x 56 cm)
frame: 32 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (82 x 63 x 3.8 cm)
Private Collection, Copenhagen
Surface to air II, 2021
Japanese watercolor on two-way mirror, polycarbonate
31 1/4 x 24 in. (79 x 61 cm)
Surface to air II, 2021
Japanese watercolor on two-way mirror, polycarbonate
31 1/4 x 24 in. (79 x 61 cm)
Surface to air III, 2021
Japanese watercolor on two-way mirror, polycarbonate
32 1/4 x 24 in. (82 x 61 cm)
Private Collection, Lyon
carte blanche II, 2021
firebricks
21 x 23 x 2 1/2 in. (53.3 x 58.5 x 6.3 cm)
pedestal : 12 x 25 x 4 in. (30.5 x 63.5 x 10 cm)
carte blanche II, 2021
firebricks
21 x 23 x 2 1/2 in. (53.3 x 58.5 x 6.3 cm)
pedestal : 12 x 25 x 4 in. (30.5 x 63.5 x 10 cm)
Mirror & stones II, 2016
from a suite of 9
oil, ink on iridescent mylar, mounted on paper
sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 in. (75 x 56 cm)
frame: 32 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (82 x 63 x 3.8 cm)
Mirror & stones VII, 2016
from a suite of 9
oil, ink, confetti, coin on iridescent mylar, mounted on paper
sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 in. (75 x 56 cm)
frame: 32 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (82 x 63 x 3.8 cm)
Private Collection, Copenhagen
carte blanche
curated by Samuels Creative & Co.
Park Hyatt New York
153 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
June 3 - September 10, 2021
Surface to air I, 2021
Japanese watercolor on two-way mirror, polycarbonate
32 1/4 x 24 in. (82 x 61 cm)
Mirror & stones I, 2016
from a suite of 9
oil, ink, stone on iridescent mylar, mounted on paper
sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 in. (75 x 56 cm)
frame: 32 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (82 x 63 x 3.8 cm)
Private Collection, Copenhagen
Mirror & stones VI, 2016
from a suite of 9
oil, ink on iridescent mylar, mounted on paper
sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 in. (75 x 56 cm)
frame: 32 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (82 x 63 x 3.8 cm)
Private Collection, Connecticut
Mirror & stones V, 2016
from a suite of 9
oil, ink on iridescent mylar, mounted on paper
sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 in. (75 x 56 cm)
frame: 32 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (82 x 63 x 3.8 cm)
Private Collection, NYC
Untitled (Circus), 2021
gouache, oil, aerosol on polycarbonate, two-way mirror
23 x 23 1/2 in. (58.4 x 59.7 cm)
frame : 23 1/4 x 23 5/8 x 1 in. (59 x 60 x 2.5 cm)
Private Collection, Paris
carte blanche I, 2021
firebricks, cement
21 x 23 x 2 1/2 in. (53.3 x 58.5 x 6.3 cm)
pedestal : 12 x 25 x 4 in. (30.5 x 63.5 x 10 cm)
carte blanche I, 2021 (detail)
firebricks, cement
21 x 23 x 2 1/2 in. (53.3 x 58.5 x 6.3 cm)
pedestal : 12 x 25 x 4 in. (30.5 x 63.5 x 10 cm)
Untitled (Feather), 2019
gouache, oil on polycarbonate, two-way mirror
24 x 19 in. (61 x 48 cm)
frame : 24 3/8 x 19 1/4 x 1 in. (62 x 49 x 2.5 cm)
Private Collection, Brooklyn
Space Dust I, 2019
from a suite of 3
graphite, dust, fibers, on adhesive, mounted on paper
sheet : 15 x 11 in. (38 x 28 cm)
frame : 16 x 12 x 1 3/8 in. (40.5 x 30.5 x 3.5 cm)
Space Dust II, 2019
from a suite of 3
graphite, dust, fibers, on adhesive, mounted on paper
sheet : 15 x 11 in. (38 x 28 cm)
frame : 16 x 12 x 1 3/8 in. (40.5 x 30.5 x 3.5 cm)
Space Dust III, 2019
from a suite of 3
graphite, dust, fibers, on adhesive, mounted on paper
sheet : 15 x 11 in. (38 x 28 cm)
frame : 16 x 12 x 1 3/8 in. (40.5 x 30.5 x 3.5 cm)