FIRE SIGN // November 19, 2021 - January 15, 2022
Preview Checklist of Available Works
FIRE SIGN
Jamie MirabellaSarah Alice MoranRachel SchmidhoferLesley Wamsley//
Up at dawn. Dark at four. Walls a cave. Night is day. Where’s the light? Fire sign. Fire sign. Deep orange and cerulean. Wind plus hail. Skipping leaves. Lightning looms. Fire sign. Fire sign. Fan the flame. Glow. Trip. Tumble. Float. Sway. Wind again. Fire sign. Carry me. Fire sign. Glow again. Fire sign. Quiet looking. Light is changing. Stop and stare. Fire sign. Look up! Look up! Fire sign. Sky is moving. Sky is falling? City’s still. Fire sign. Tuck me in. Warm me up. Fire sign. Fluoresce and glow. Fire sign. Heavy eyelids. Fire sign. Carry me. Fire sign. Hold my head so I can stare. Fire sign. Fire sign. Glow. Glow. Glow. Eyes closed. Eyes open. Fire sign.
Good Naked is pleased to present Fire Sign, a virtual exhibition curated by Jaqueline Cedar in collaboration with LADIES’ ROOM Los Angeles.
The works in this exhibition tilt toward darkness, warmed still with end of day light. Cool air is present and a sense of slight unrest remains as temperatures drop and movement subsides. Those present lean into the comfort of darkness and breathe deeply with relief at escape from transitional states. A longing remains for the beauty of before and all wrestle with anticipation of what comes next.
Lesley Wamsley paints en plain air, often racing shifts in light as hours pass and close looking continues. Her brushstrokes are quick and filled with gestured urgency as she moves to capture each moment of light and color passing over her observed locations.
Jamie Mirabella works decisively with a range of found images, forming new compositions as she cuts, overlays, and rearranges material to develop newly imagined environments. Movement is structured across these layered and textured surfaces.
Rachel Schmidhofer moves paint with fluidity and playfulness as she describes both imagined and familiar scenes of light and reverie.
Sarah Alice Moran develops narratives with figures and limbs as she forms relationships between creatures in their physical interactions and discovery of place.
Fire Sign works will be on view at ladiesroomla.org through January 15, 2022.
For more information please contact info@goodnakedgallery.com.
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Jamie Mirabella (b. 1971, Denver CO) received an MFA from Rutgers University in 1997. Recent exhibitions include Ortega y Gasset Projects, Trestle Gallery, BRIC House, Artists Space, and Art in General. Mirabella lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Sarah Alice Moran (b. 1982, New York, NY) received a BA from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston. Recent exhibitions include Pratt Institute, Monya Rowe Gallery, 1969 Gallery, Field Projects, C24 Gallery. Moran has completed residencies at the Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO, The Wassaic Project, NY and Can Serrat, Spain. Moran lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Rachel Schmidhofer (b. 1980 Pittsburgh, PA) received an MFA from Yale University (2011) and a BFA from Washington University (2004). Solo and 2-person exhibitions include Zieher Smith (Nashville), Jeff Bailey Gallery (Hudson, NY), Novella Gallery (New York, NY), and Glike Gallery (Los Angeles). Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at Andrew Rafacz Gallery (Chicago, IL), SHE Gallery (New York, NY), Kent Fine Art (New York, NY), Driscoll Babcock (New York, NY) Field Projects (New York, NY) Zurcher Gallery (New York, NY) Gallery Poulsen (Copenhagen, DK) and the Torrance Art museum (Los Angeles, CA). Press includes Harpers Magazine, Modern Painters, the Huffington Post, New American Paintings, and Hyperallergic. Schmidhofer lives and works between Brooklyn, NY and Pittsburgh, PA.
Lesley Wamsley (b. 1982 Parkersburg, WV) received an MFA from SUNY New Paltz NY in 2012. Wamsley’s observational landscape paintings reflect the personal and historical consciousness of place and time. Awarded residencies include The Constance Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY; Wassaic Project, Wassiac, NY; Endless Editions, NYC, NY. Recent exhibitions include Portals curated by Jacqueline Ferrante, The Yard, NYC; Hocus Pocus curated by Good Naked hosted by Field Day, Peterborough, NH: Garden, LADIES’ ROOM, LA; The Second Decade, Hope Horn Gallery, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA. Her work is held by The Museum of Modern Art Artists’ Books Collection, New York City, NY. She teaches at Fordham University in The Fine Art Department. Wamsley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Jaqueline Cedar (b. 1985 Los Angeles, CA) received an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University in 2009. Recent exhibitions include Shelter, New York (2021), LADIES’ ROOM, Los Angeles (2021), Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe (2021), 11 Newel, Brooklyn (2021), Peripheral Space, Los Angeles (2021), Hesse Flatow, New York (2020), Drawer NYC (2020), Field Projects, New York (2020), Underdonk, Brooklyn (2018), and David Risley Gallery Velvet Ropes, Copenhagen (2018). Press includes Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, Two Coats of Paint, New American Paintings, Gorky's Granddaughter, Painters' Table, and The Boston Globe. Cedar's paintings and drawings address uncanny scenarios where characters engage themselves and one another with sincerity and purpose. In October 2019 Cedar launched the curatorial exhibition program Good Naked Gallery. Cedar lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.