Xylor Jane at CANADA

\nXylor Janes Ruin [installation view]\n\n
\n\n\nXylor Jane So Long [installation view]\n\n
\n\nXylor Jane's second solo show at CANADA is a knockout, and the more I learn (well, \"learn\" may be too presumptious; \"read\" or \"hear\" would be more appropriate) about the artist and her art the more I'm pulled into its beauty and its mystery. I feel a similar connection to Chris Martin's work, but it would take someone with far better creds than I to explain what that's all about, or in fact what's going on inside the work of either artist. \n\nEven my camera seemed possessed when it had to deal with Jane's paintings yesterday: The smaller images on the camera back and on the computer screen clearly revealed colors and shapes which were barely apparent to my naked eye when I stood in front of these two seemingly monochromatic paintings, and they are barely visible even in these uploaded shots. Incidentally, two of the three other paintings in the exhibition are more obviously colorful than the pair I've chosen to include here.\n\nThe works are each approximately three or four feet square.\n\nCheck the paragraphs from the press release included on the ArtCal event page. I've also included below the artist's notes [punctuation and capitalization as found] for the two paintings represented by the images above, and after that, some of Jane's general notes for all of the paintings. \n\n
\n\nRuin\nThe strokes face either in or out, changing with each year along with the hue\n584 weeks\n11.22 years\nArt Career in Black and Velvet\nFailure misery demise\nTime prison, blocks of years\n\n
\n\nSo Long\nstructured on a 16-sided polygon that squares itself at the edge\n8x16x32 it has a stutter that allows the seven hues to be in order (on the vertical and horizontal-) in both directions\nit has 4096 strokes facing out\nStrokes radiate from skewed center, growing larger.\nBlack rainbow waves an Infinite good bye\n\n
\n\nGeneral info for all paintings\nBrush is reloaded for each stroke\nEach stroke represents one day\nAll begin at a center - clockwise moving\nEach painting should be turned a quarter turn clockwise at each solstice or equinox marked on the side of the canvas so that the right side will indicate the season for that hanging direction\n\nMonday = yellow\nTuesday = Green\nWednesday = blue\nThursday = indigo\nFriday = violet\nSaturday = red\nSunday = orange