Carter Burden Gallery
SkinOnSkin
- Barbara Herzfeld
- Barbara Herzfeld
SkinOnSkin presents primarily watercolor paintings by Barbara Herzfeld in her first exhibition with Carter Burden Gallery. The pieces depict Sumo Wrestlers in surreal color and pattern in the midst of action, a slew of motion and energy. Their grand almost naked, save for a Mawashi, bodies are an amalgam of beauty and aggression. Herzfeld describes, “I loved the skin on skin closeness of these large nearly naked opponents captured in what might also be perceived as an embrace with facial expressions that could be either amorous or fierce.” This contrast of intimacy and aggression in the figures is also exemplified in the smaller acrylic pieces featured in the exhibition with depictions of the wrestlers affectionately curled up with or leaning on large animals.