DOUBLED VISION
JONATHAN MARSHALL
JAN 15 THROUGH MAR 6, 2010
RECEPTION JAN 15, 6-8pm
About the Exhibition
The search for truth in our universe is futile, but the act of seeking is of the utmost importance. A continuation of the premises presented in The Book of Lenny, Doubled Vision is set in a post-catastrophe landscape. We follow Lenny and Johan Pilgrim, two everyman-survivors on a quest to find meaning. Using various approaches to image-making, including painting, drawing, video and sculpture, Marshall reflects on ideas of survival, landscape and vision quests to create his own folk-mythology and D-I-Y hero’s journey. Marshall uses exploration as a metaphor for the practice of both art-making and the art of living: not just a means to an end, but valid, in and of itself. Marshall urges us to embark on this search as both rationalists and dreamers, for it is through journeys of body and mind that reality comes to know itself.
About the Artist
Following his solo exhibition at Man&Eve gallery in London, Jonathan Marshall’s Doubled Vision will be the Virginia-Based artist’s first show at Art Palace since the accaimed Book of Lenny opened in the fall of 2007. Working with impressive dexterity in a variety of media, Marshall is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies and is included in the collections of both the Jack. S. Blanton Museum of Art and the Austin Museum of Art. Jonathan Marshall received his BFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003, and is currently pursuing his MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University.
About Art Palace
Art Palace was founded in 2005 in Austin with a focus on promoting emerging talent in and around Central Texas. Art Palace has remained committed to these goals by working closely with a roster of artists to facilitate their development through exhibitions, art fairs, publications, special projects and placement in both private and public collections. In doing so, Art Palace and its artists have attracted regional and national attention from Art in America, Art News, New York Times, Art Papers, Art Lies,Artnet.com and Artforum.com.
In an effort to better serve its artists and growing audience, Art Palace relocated operations to Houston, Texas in January 2010 and maintains seasonal programming in and around Austin. With this new venture, Art Palace hopes to bring the energy and passion it cultivated in Austin to audiences in Houston and beyond. Art Palace is located at 3913 Main Street, Houston, Texas and open 11 AM – 6 PM Tuesday through Saturday. For further information or images, please contact the gallery at 512.496.0687 or info@artpalacegallery.com.
