Daniel Jenkins

Review of AMOA-Arthouse

This visit was on a "free day" due to the remodeli...

This visit was on a "free day" due to the remodeling and closing off of the second floor. We had the opportunity to view the first floor installations by Jessica Stockholder and Robert Davidson. Both were energetic, provocative installations that brought to the foreground the relationship between the "viewer" and the "object." Stockholder's work was more immediate while Davidson's felt more like a fresh perspective on ancient imagery from our collective subconscious. The elevated viewing platform promotes the theme of context-as-subject. This is precisely what compliments the adjacent Stockholder installation which is amplified by its contrast to the ancient lines of Davidson.