Installation view

Marjorie Welish Some Differences

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Extended

January 18- February 5, 2017

Photographed by Helen Tschudi

Installation view

Marjorie Welish Some Differences

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Extended

January 18- February 5, 2017

Photographed by Helen Tschudi

Installation view

Marjorie Welish Some Differences

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Extended

January 18- February 5, 2017

Photographed by Helen Tschudi

Installation view

Marjorie Welish Some Differences

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Extended

January 18- February 5, 2017

Photographed by Helen Tschudi

Installation view

Marjorie Welish Some Differences

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Extended

January 18- February 5, 2017

Photographed by Helen Tschudi

Installation view

Marjorie Welish Some Differences

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Extended

January 18- February 5, 2017

Photographed by Helen Tschudi

Installation view

Marjorie Welish Some Differences

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Extended

January 18- February 5, 2017

Installation view

Marjorie Welish Some Differences

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Extended

January 18- February 5, 2017

MARJORIE WELISH

Before After Oaths Gray 9 , 2016

Acrylic on panel (diptych)

20 x 32 in

(50.8h x 81.28w cm)

MW065

What is difference? The orientation of the mark in its row changes from horizontal to vertical. In the left panel, splaying on the left is answered by the right panel which introduces internal breaks.

MARJORIE WELISH

Before After Oaths Gray 6 , 2013

Acrylic on panel (diptych)

20 x 32 in (50.8h x 81.28w cm)

MW062

What is difference? Consistently opaque at the top to start, left and right fade differently: the left allows for gradients, the right allows for erratic composition—like mosaics at odds.

MARJORIE WELISH

Before After Oaths Gray 4, 2013

Acrylic on panel (diptych)

20 x 32 in

(50.8h x 81.28w cm)

MW060

What is difference? Allowing the orientation to drift, the artist then introduced a change of shape in the unit itself, which induced anomalies in spacing.

MARJORIE WELISH

Before After Oaths Gray 2, 2013

Acrylic on panel (diptych)

20 x 32 in

(50.8h x 81.28w cm)

MW059

What is difference? In this diptych, the deposits of the pigments faded as the artist proceeded. On the left panel, the fades occurred naturally, on the right panel the artist deliberately guided the fades to create falls.

MARJORIE WELISH

Before After Oaths Gray 7 , 2013

Acrylic on panel (diptych)

20 x 32 in

(50.8h x 81.28w cm)

MW063

What is difference? Keeping the mark the same throughout, difference may be understood as a shift to scaling or imbrication, as well as a shift from predominantly dark to predominantly light.

MARJORIE WELISH

Before After Oaths 1, 2012

Acrylic on panel (diptych)

20 x 32 in

(50.8h x 81.28w cm)

MW071

MARJORIE WELISH

Before After Oaths 3, 2012

Acrylic on panel (diptych)

20 x 32 in

(50.8h x 81.28w cm)

MW072

MARJORIE WELISH

Before After Oaths 5, 2012

Acrylic on panel (diptych)

20 x 32 in

(50.8h x 81.28w cm)

MW073

MARJORIE WELISH

SOME DIFFERENCES

LILLY WEI converses with MARJORIE WELISH, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2PM

November 9 - December 18, 2016 - Exhibition is Extended January 18 - February 5, 2017

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LE MONITEUR QUAND DEUX ARTISTES REDESSINENT LA VILLE, La terrasse Expose Les Regards Graphiques Croises de MARJORIE WELISH et OLIVIER GOURVIL autour de l'Urbanisme, by Raphaelle Saint Pierre
March 10, 2017

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