Rebekah Goldstein: Full Length Mirror

Gallery 16 is thrilled to announce our first solo show with Rebekah Goldstein. Full Length Mirror is an expansive exhibition that presents a survey of the paintings Goldstein has been making for the past 3 years. It includes large shaped canvas works for which the artist has become known, as well as large rectangular works and small, sculptural works that push and pull at the boundaries of the two-dimensional plane. The exhibition presents a body of work in which Goldstein turns painting into a kind of time travel. Built on years of layering and reworking, her paintings contain a history of transformation. Each of Goldstein’s paintings reflect multiple layers at once: its own material history, references to art history and visual culture, and Goldstein’s personal timeline that spans the past, present, and future.

“My paintings are built on obsessively layering, reworking and redefining the composition. I  work totally improvisationally with no idea what the end result will be. I work on my paintings from all orientations and frequently make drastic changes in the imagery. As I paint, I am always building on what has come before, even if it has been covered up, hidden, lost. In this way, the painting has its own internal logic, created through the process of painting.  

Over the years I have created my own visual lexicon of shapes, forms, and gestures. Much of my imagery has been created through the process of moving between paintings, shaped paintings, sculptures, and reliefs while simultaneously incorporating outside visual influences: architectural flourishes, furniture, textiles, art history, abstract human forms. As these influences are incorporated into my work they become increasingly abstracted and idiosyncratic. They allow for multiple points of reference, part of an image that is both specific and vague.”