Emily Noelle Lambert at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art

EMILY NOELLE LAMBERT

Strange Dust
New Paintings

March 29 - April 28, 2007


Opening reception: Thursday, March 29, 6 - 9 PM


Priska C. Juschka Fine Art is pleased to present Strange Dust, Emily Noelle Lambert’s first solo exhibition in New York City. Within her large acrylic paintings, she explores scenarios of the psyche that take form organically through a fabricated language of her own.

Lambert’s process grows intuitively from her personal lexicon of images—hundreds of drawings of figures, places, objects, or situations that she has randomly registered either consciously or unconsciously at some point in time. Functioning as triggers for the formation of fantastical narratives, Lambert juxtaposes these images in a surprising and inexplicable manner, in turn imbuing them with context and significance. For her, every form, line, and color is a step in a long process of discovery that unfurls reflexively upon the surface of the painting.

While some of Lambert’s paintings focus mainly on a single figure or scenario, the current works present several simultaneous narratives of witty interactions between figures and landscape, characterized by bustling energy and activity. As the subjects are mostly derived from her personal experiences and subconscious occurrences, the viewers are often left to trace the paintings inner-logic and construct their own interpretation. Thus, both artist and observer are forced to relinquish power to the drama of their own psyche—allowing internal forces to take control and give form and meaning to their very own visual experiences.

Lambert was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and now lives and works in New York. She holds a BA in Visual Arts from Antioch College, OH and is an MFA candidate in painting at Hunter College, NY. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Washington DC, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York, amongst many other locations. She has also been awarded several grants and residencies, including the Vermont Studio Center Scholarship, the Anderson Ranch Art Center Residency, and the Plattes Cove Artist Residency.

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