SEPTEMBER 7- 29
LORI DAMIANO (USA)

"In this instance, the medium is the motorbike.
Armed against fatal impact only with a 40 year old visorless helmet. At a respectable rate of 70 miles per hour, 9 sets of squinting exposed human eyeballs take on the machine gun fire of autumn wind and rain. If I could feel it through the numbness, I would brag about the exclusive dryness of my hands, safely housed by my only ‘waterproof gear’, a pair of pink rubber dishwashing gloves. Fuel on reserve, backfiring up a steep mountain pass in total darkness looking for a place to sleep. Rusty old headlights flickering in an out of service, failing coil, stuck throttle, oil leaks, clogged jets, toothless sprockets, bad points, sloppy chains; to name just a few of our combined attributes."

California based artist Lori Damiano is to install amongst the walls a mostly rural landscape inhabited by her distinctive characterizations and infused with abstraction and decorative patterns. Using a combination of gouache, ink and acrylic on wood and paper to realize the scenes, she presents her characters participating in every conceivable mode of travel, and the experiences and exchanges that transpire on their journey. Part of the installation will also depict the interior of a modest dwelling, just the kind of place theses characters may have rested, gratefully, along their way.



GLEANER: FRESNO
Gouache on paper
2007

Hither & Yon is presented by
CATTLEYARD PROMOTIONS