The Standard

Tonight is a wonderful opening at one of our favorite art spaces, The Journal Gallery, with an installation by Daniel Turner called “Mariana”. In “Mariana” layers of steel wool smudges lace the gallery walls, invoking the sense that the space has been occupied, weathered away by someone or something and left suspended in time. By repeatedly pressing steel wool onto the surface of the wall Turner transforms an object commonly used for polishing and restoration into a painterly tool. The steel fibers become a smoky pigment with a versatile identity, suggesting an occupant as capable of vandalism as repair. The resulting clouds of marks both wear down and stain the white gallery walls, forming gestures that are simultaneously indexical impressions and indelible erasures.

The show runs from September 19 – October 23, 2011. Tonight’s Opening runs from 6:00 - 9:00 PM.

(Daniel Turner installing his exhibition “Mariana” at The Journal Gallery)

Daniel Turner was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His work has been shown in group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including at the Prague Biennale 5; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Martos Gallery, New York, NY; and Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada.

Daniel’s work is also currently on view at The Journal Gallery’s project space at ReMap3 in Athens, Greece through October 30th. Another exhibit that is currently up is at White Columns, The Perfect Man II, (curated by Rita Ackermann and Parinaz Mogadassi), New York NY running from 9.09.11 - 10.15.11

In New York, The Journal gallery is located at 168 North 1st Street, Brooklyn New York 11211. Telephone 718 218 7148. For more details on Daniel Turner at the Journal, visit the site.