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Opening: January 9th, 6-8PM
Pleiades Gallery
530 West 25th St, 4th floor
Chelsea, NYC
649-230-0056
Through January 25


ARTIST'S NEW YORK SHOW “FLOCKING”

NEW YORK -- December 1st, 2002 -- On January 9th, 2003, Pleiades Gallery will host an exhibition of paintings by Manhattan artist
Valerie Allard. This show marks Allard’s second solo show in New York City.

Allard’s series, “Flocking”, explores movement of thought. Discrete parts describe individual paths of motion while also relating as a coherent group. The subject is the dynamic relationship between individuals and the group they comprise. A group in which the individual is constantly attracted to its companions but must also avoid breaking their integrity.

Form emerges as shapes are defined. Shapes are defined by what other shapes are near them and how they are attracted to the center of the group. Shape is influenced by direction, velocity, and duration. Relationship between shape, temperature, and color establish and reestablish the center.

Allard’s active brushwork makes the surfaces of her paintings rush, stutter, and at times fold toward a focal point. The fluidity of motion depends on the continual redefinition of the center. There is no fixed thought. Thoughts move one against each other, are attracted to one another; they seek a conclusion and are ever stimulated to a new resolution.

Allard’s work has been exhibited at Juno Gallery (New York), Walter Wickiser Gallery (New York), and Richard Ebert Gallery (San Francisco).