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Art Thu Oct 14 2010
Dan Gunn: Multistable Picture Fable @ Lloyd Dobler Gallery
Dan Gunn's work is multi-faceted and multi-layered, something that continues to evolve for the viewer. It is not work built on first impressions but rather, idealized with the past in mind. In his first solo exhibition, Multistable Picture Fable, Gunn employs a variety of material to playfully challenge ideas about sculpture and painting. New surprises abound in the tiny crevices or behind the face of each work so that the viewer feels compelled to break down their own viewing experience, and then piece together the parts for a whole.
There is a physicality to Gunn's work. Observing the titular piece as it covers most of the floor space in the gallery requires two things sometimes lacking in contemporary endeavors: time and patience. One must - literally - bend and twist and circle around the work, multiple times, forcing the viewer to more actively engage with it.
Multistable Picture Fable closes October 16 at the Lloyd Dobler Gallery, 1545 W Division, 2nd floor. The gallery is open Thursdays, from 6-9pm, and on Saturdays, from 12-5pm.