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FISCHBACH GALLERY EMMA TAPLEY AND DENISE MICKILOWSKI

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NEW YORK CITY — The Fischbach Gallery will present two solo shows on view from March 15 through April 14. “Inversions, Reflections and the Space Between,” recent paintings of Emma Tapley, and “Captures,” the recent paintings of Denise Mickilowski, will be on view at the gallery, 210 Eleventh Avenue. There will be an opening reception for Mickilowski on March 15, from 5 to 7 pm.

Building on the elements of earth, air, fire and water, Tapley creates landscapes of subtle intensity. Her work portrays these four elements reacting with and transforming one another. “I am moved to put down what I consider the essence of landscape painting: the light, air, atmosphere, forms, relationships and poetry. All of these elements come together in my water paintings. With the reflection of the sky in the water and the surface depth revealing the earth beneath there is a suggestion of the whole in the small detail,” Tapley explains.

Tapley was born in New York City in 1967, and still lives in the city. She attended school at the School of Visual Arts, New York, where she received her BFA; the Pratt Institute, New York; New York Academy of Art; Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vt.; and the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, N.Y.

Denise Mickilowski employs the ancient art of trompe l’oeil in his work. When the early Renaissance master, Giotto, was serving as a studio assistant, early in his career, he painted a fly on the face of a man in a painting. The next day Giotto watched as his master spent several minutes attempting to shoo the fly away.

Trompe l’oeil remains the focus for the latest series of paintings by Mickilowski, addressing this age-old fascination with illusions. He portrays arrangements of edible delights displayed within “handmade” wooden containers, creating a combination of succulent fruits and wood grain texture that have an arresting appeal to the curious eye. The deceptive strategy of recessed, open wooden boxes draws the viewer in for closer inspection, intensifying the intimate exchange between viewer and artwork.

The Fischbach Gallery is between 24th and 25th Streets at 210 Eleventh Avenue. For information, 212-759-2345 or www.fischbachgallery.com.