kiss the band with your eyes

PETER ALEXANDER

HEATHER CARSON

WENDELL CASTLE

MARY CORSE

LADDIE JOHN DILL

HELEN PASHGIAN

DeWAIN VALENTINE

KISS THE BAND WITH YOUR EYES

The powers of the eye, much like the brain, are under

utilized. A group of artists from Southern California in

the 60s set out to coax the eye to reach its full potential;

at least in its capacity to drink in the euphoric powers of

light, space and the purity of form and color. Attempts by

critics to label them—terms like Light and Space, Finish

Fetishists, West Coast Minimalists, have fallen far short

from marrying label with visual achievement. The pupil

dilates and pins when observing these works the way the

heart races from new romance as the eye struggles to

orient and determine whether the light illuminates from

within the work or in reflection.

For the Armory Show 2011, Franklin Parrasch Gallery

and Nyehaus bring together a selection of works by Peter

Alexander, Mary Corse, Heather Carson, Laddie John

Dill, Helen Pashgian, and DeWain Valentine from historic

as well recent explorations of the phenomenological.

MARY CORSE

Untitled (From the Inner Band Series), 1997

Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas

84 x 84 inches

PETER ALEXANDER

May 2, 1971, 1971

Cast polyester resin

67x 70 x .5 inches

PETER ALEXANDER

Slow Red Drip, 2011

Cast polyester resin

26 x18 x 1.25 inches

PETER ALEXANDER

Pale White Drip, 2011

Cast polyester resin

26 x18 x 1.25 inches

PETER ALEXANDER

Untitled (Drip), 1970

Wax on paper

26.5 x 17.5 inches

PETER ALEXANDER

Untitled (Drip), 1970

Wax on paper

27.5 x 17.5 inches

PETER ALEXANDER

Untitled (Drip), 1970

Wax on paper

27.75 x 17.25 inches

PETER ALEXANDER

Untitled (Drip), 1970

Wax on paper

27.75 x 17.25 inches

PETER ALEXANDER

Untitled (Drip), 1970

Wax on board

27.25 x 19.5 inches

HEATHER CARSON

light/ALBERS: Metal Halide/Cool White/Sunlight, 2010

Metal Halide, flourescent, aluminum pipe, Speed-Rail,

conduit fittings

31 x 31 inches

WENDELL CASTLE

Molar Group, circa 1969

Gel-coated fiberglass-reinforced plastic

25 x 52 x 32.5 inches

LADDIE JOHN DILL

Light Sentence, 1971

Argon

.5 x 84 inches

LADDIE JOHN DILL

Light Sentence, 1971

Argon

.5 x 73 inches

LADDIE JOHN DILL

Light Sentence, 1971

Argon

84 x .5 inches

HELEN PASHGIAN

Untitled, 1968/69

Cast sphere, clear polyester resin, acrylic insert

8 in. diameter

DeWAIN VALENTINE

Double Yellow Disk - Red Edge, 1966

Fiberglass reinforced polyester

64 x 64 x 56 inches

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