FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kristi Engle Gallery
5002 York Ave.
Highland Park, CA 90042
323.472.6237
kristi@kristienglegallery.com

May 5th - June 7, 2008
Opening Reception: May 3rd, 7-10pm
Artist Talk: Sunday May 18th 2pm
Gallery hours: Thursday - Saturday 12 - 6pm & by appointment

Using the visual language of abstraction, hard-edge to expressionistic, Mary Addison Hackett employs a combination of drips and other random marks combined with deliberate brushwork to highlight her interest in the dichotomy of control and the lack of control. Within the abstract, Hackett sees the "intrinsic inability to illustrate, and the ensuing challenge this presents" to both painter and viewer. Hackett's objective in painting is to build some kind of meaning from the lawless palette of colors and forms within the medium. Out of the chaos of materials emerge traces of information, partially obscured vocabulary and half-hidden responses to the artist's day-to-day existence.

An opening reception will be held on May 3rd, with an artist talk scheduled for May 18th.

Kristi Engle Gallery devotes itself primarily to solo exhibitions of new works by contemporary artists. It is located in Highland Park, near the corner of Ave. 50 and York Blvd.

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