Interrupted

Claudia Gurwitz

02.06.21 - 08.07.21

Mezzanine gallery

Interrupted, by Claudia Gurwitz, shows a series of paintings that originated during lockdown. On canvasses large and small, round and square, Gurwitz explores interrupted plant imagery and alludes to a subtly distorted perspective of natural form, reflective of a disturbed environment.

Gurtwitz's compositions are born out of a process of first deconstructing, cropping, and isolating plant imagery, before reassembling and realigning these fragments into a new whole. The final works, painted as a revised hyper-real landscape, are subtly uncomfortable, slightly chaotic, and are reflective of the disharmonious reality we currently find ourselves in. 

While I have always been drawn to the strength and potency of our natural environment, this series has taken a new direction, which stems from the feeling of collective disharmony that disturbs our existence during this pandemic. As organic beings in this world, we are intrinsically part of our natural world. While humanity feels off-center, we are having to find new ways of navigating this altered reality, of engaging with each other and with our environment. While we feel a disconnect, our environment, in turn, feels out of sync. My work alludes to a subtly distorted perspective of natural form, reflective of a disturbed environment. 

During this pandemic crisis, I no longer experience a complete sense of calm and clarity engaging with nature and its forms. While being outdoors still provides me with some sense of grounding, I deeply feel the unease that now shapes our reality and environment. 

- Claudia Gurwitz

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