Disitegration

March1-April 5, 2025

Gallery VERY is pleased to present Disintegration, featuring works by Audrey Goldstein, Cristi Rinklin, and Dana Clancy. While employing distinct approaches to materials and form, each artist responds to themes of transformation, impermanence, and the human condition.

Audrey Goldstein’s sculptural series Ephemeral Bodies explores the tension between vulnerability and strength. Organic shapes float in space, suspended between gravity and dreamlike states, crafted from materials such as broken glass stitched into silk, wool felt, and disassembled remnants of past works. These sculptures evolve from delicate, embroidered forms into architectural structures, underscoring the transitory nature of the body and self. Goldstein invites viewers to contemplate internal spaces of becoming and undoing, where empathy and connection emerge as transformative forces.

Cristi Rinklin’s work addresses the volatile and unpredictable forces of the natural world, reflecting the uncanny reality of climate change and the agency of nature itself. In her paintings, landscapes take on a life of their own, violently shifting beyond human control. Her work resonates with urgency and beauty, confronting viewers with the growing awareness that the world’s natural forces are no longer distant or abstract but increasingly intertwined with human experience.

Dana Clancy’s series Tables, Figures, Projections layers vanitas imagery over printed newspaper, creating a dialogue between the ephemerality of human objects and the fleeting nature of the news cycle. By merging personal and global concerns, Clancy’s work invites viewers to project their own narratives onto fractured images of daily life. Through the interplay of paint, text, and silhouettes, she highlights the delicate tension between intention and chance, offering space for empathy and introspection within a fragmented world.

Together, these artists provide poignant reflections on the fragility of the body, the instability of the world around us, and the ways in which human perception and interaction shape both personal and collective realities.