FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 10th 2011

The Gallery at Skink Ink Editions announces an exhibition of prints by

Madeline Von Foerster

Title: Cabinet

Exhibition dates: Sept 22nd. to Oct 23rd. 2011

Gallery hours: 11am to 6pm

Thursday through Sunday

Opening: Thursday, Sept. 22nd. 7pm to 9pm

In this series Madeline Von Foerster uses the sensuousness and luminosity of 15th century Flemish painting techniques to allure the viewer into an encounter with our problematic relationship to nature. These masterful works originally rendered in tempera paints and glazes will be reproduced as high quality giclée prints on cotton rag paper.

The subject of each work is the environment, more specifically, how we fetishize nature and how we often use it for our own selfish purposes. By placing endangered species within Curiosity Cabinets of the Enlightenment, Von Foerster, evokes an awareness to the truth of our own self-sabotaging, which we often confuse with human progression and technological advancement. Madeline’s tender and laborious renderings of these animals in this series communicates to our own deep-seated compassion for the lives of others without and even the self within.

Skink Ink is publishing an edition entitled 'Cabinet' which will comprise of a collection of six images, each 20” x 28”, which will be sold individually, each in an edition of 50. Ten copies of the complete Cabinet collection will be presented in a handmade portfolio case with printed interleaves offering additional information about each work. In addition there will be two further prints outside of the collection; a larger version of 'Mahogany' 24” x 36” in a an edition of 50 and a smaller print 'Invasive Species' (13” x 17”) in an edition of 100. All works are signed and numbered.

For prices and further information please contact;

Philip Riley at 917 536 8347 or events@skink-ink.com.