| Little Cakes Little Gallery is proud to present its inaugural show taza taza by Guillermina Baiguera & Julian Gatto September 8th to September 30th, 2006 "We all share the memory of a special spot in our family's attic or basement filled with forgotten junk. There, as children, we played and by mere chance found little hidden treasures, things that would arouse our curiosity or delight us with its generous beauty. Today we still find these long-forgotten objects. They are in the store fronts of lazy neighborhoods, their understated beauty covered by dust. They have no price tag and many are no longer manufactured. This negligence somehow makes them strangely more powerful and fragile at the same time. We cannot ignore them or escape from them. Both the things we once found and the ones we find today inspire us. They have come from our memories (and yours too) to join the things that already inspire us: flowers, trees, fabrics, music, fantastic whims." – Julian Gatto & Guillermina Baiguera For this show Little Cakes invited the Argentinean duo Guillermina Baiguera and Julian Gatto to take viewers on a quiet, sweet, emotionally charged journey through their hearts. Both will show flat work as well as their own embroideries mixed with odd, nostalgic gems bought in their native country that have inspired them. Guillermina's small drawings are simple and flat and made of hushed tones created in graphite and colored pencil. They denote a particular alienation during her childhood in which she lived in a fantasy world made of perfect clouds and ice-cream mountains. Her embroideries come later, as a compulsive act, where this idyllic world begins to brake. The colors become more contrasting, even more aggressive, while their naiveté starts to fade. She obsesses over each stitch and makes sure not to tangle the threads or loose symmetry in the spacing of the lines. Julian's drawings in graphite, watercolor, and gouache as well as his Japanese woodblock prints mainly focus on plants, trees, and flowers. They are usually in scenes flooded by afternoon light and occasionally have figures or objects in them as well. He juxtaposes nature with man made materials/objects because he feels that they are two worlds that need to reconcile. Julian says he is trying to learn from nature these days because it is something that he had always taken for granted but is now something that he sees as incredibly more advanced than mankind. His drawings are detailed not because he wants them to be technically challenging but because by making them intricate, he's forced to spend a lot of time on every trivial detail. He gets lost in the making of the piece and his head wanders in thoughts, memories, ideas or what he will make for dinner that night—and being able to preserve this intimate "space" is very important to his work. Julian's embroideries will be miniatures loosely based on the objects collected and specifically made to accompany them. He has been experimenting with different fillings like rice, beans, and seeds instead of using polyester stuffing. This will add weight and texture to his pieces. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Little Cakes Little Gallery will no longer have opening receptions. Instead, we hope to provide our viewers with individualized attention and care in a gentle and inviting environment which will exist within our space during regular gallery hours. On occasion, refreshments may be served. Because by coincidence on our opening day Friday, September 8th, The Journal Gallery, three doors down from us, will be having an opening, we will be open an extra hour from 1pm to 7pm so that people who would like to attend both will be able to. (Their opening is invite only) Our regular gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday, 1pm to 6pm, and also by appointment. Little Cakes Little Gallery is located on East 6th Street between Avenue B and Avenue C. We are on the ground floor on the right hand side. Little Cakes – 625 East 6th Street #1B, NYC NY 10009 / 646-342-1056 / goodies@littlecakes.org |