Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Holly Otterbein

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Published: Dec 4, 2007

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Binod Shrestha's installations, paintings and charcoal drawings explore empty space and lost memories. In Reflections of a Forgotten Sunset, an imprint of two hands forms a hole in the middle of a red canvas. Another piece of the same name investigates identity: A single red fingerprint is pressed onto a 54-by-98-inch piece of white paper. The final Reflections of a Forgotten Sunset — a stark white box containing salt, resin and the artist's own blood — is equally eerie and ambiguous.

In Boringbot's acrylic paintings, humans occupy only one-tenth of the canvas. The artist's focal points are natural elements such as cotton-candy-colored skies, skinny trees and birds in flight. When people do appear, they look as inconsequentially small as cars from an airplane. The presence of abandoned street lights and dinosaurs further emphasize man's dwarfed role, giving the work an apocalyptic feel.

Bonnie Brenda Scott, Tasha Doremus and Bilwa examine modern technology, youth and the DIY ethic. Scott's ink drawings fuse the mundane with the absurd: A giant fern talks on a cell phone and joggers have TVs for heads (pictured). Doremus' work also toys with mutation. In A Poor Memory for the Future, she photographs a girl playing hide-and-go-seek, then purposely damages the negatives to encourage light leaks and distortion. Taking a different approach, Bilwa's installation of 20 wooden chairs and a sound system invites audience members to create their own performance art.

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