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Rob Fisher
November 14–December 21
Public Reception Friday, November 14, 7–9pm
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Shady Cop, 2008, acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper mounted to canvas. |
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NEO-ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Jack the Pelican is honored to present the latest solo exhibition of painter Rob Fisher, "These Are the People in your Neighborhood," (titled in wry allusion to Mr. Rogers). Each painting is the documentation of a real New York City crime (ca. 1900 - 2007), with a tableau of evidence painted into a shallow neo-Modern space.
The nature of the incident is often buried behind the raw concentration of facts. Some are obscure; others more famous, like the 2005 "Fake Firefighter Rapes Woman in New York City Apartment" nightmare. The stories appear all sanitized and folded up in Fisher's paintings for decoding by astute viewers. They are Hitchcockian in their underlying themes, as deeply mysterious and sublime as his Rope (1948), after Leopold and Loeb's almost perfect crime of 1924. The chief difference in sensibility is that Fisher focuses on crimes of specific local interest. "These are y/our crimes," he would say.
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| FISHER'S EDDY
Rob Fisher last had a solo show in 2003 at Pierogi in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He was soon picked up and represented by Marlborough Gallery (57th Street), who showed his work extensively in group exhibitions. He finally ended the relationship in December of last year over creative differences. Now he returns to W'burg with his first solo show in 5 years. This exhibition, which he has been working toward all the while, is presented by Jack the Pelican, the gallery who now proudly represents him. View C.V. |
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A FEW IMAGES FROM THE SHOW
prices upon request 
Clean Scene with Partial Prints, 2008, acrylic, silkscreen, phosphorescence on paper mounted to canvas, 78 x 60.5 inches.
PS Run, 2008, acrylic, silkscreen on handmade paper mounted to canvas, 30.25 x 39.25 inches.
A Technical Note:
Fisher is technically accomplished as a painter, printmaker and mixed media artist. He makes all works on handmade paper to allow him to utilize certain processes (especially silkscreen) to their maximum potential. He produces the screens and prints them himself specifically for each painting. Each is unique. The paper is finally mounted with archival glue onto a stretched canvas support. The finished painting appears deeply mysterious in manufacture as various media account eachother in surprising and unexpected ways.
Revolver, 2007, acrylic on handmade paper mounted to canvas, 20 x 16 inches.
Last Breath, 2006 , acrylic, silkscreen, phosphorescence on paper mounted to canvas, 72 x 60.5 inches.
Wrong Number, 2005, acrylic, silkscreen on paper mounted to canvas, 48” x 36 1/2 inches.
Rainbow Jail, 2006, acrylic on paper mounted on canvas, 36.25 x 24.25 inches
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In the Waiting Room, 2005, acrylic on handmade paper mounted to canvas, 27 x 22 inches.
Going Green, 2007, acrylic, silkscreen on paper mounted to canvas, 15 x 11.75 inches.
Hanger, 2006, acrylic on handmade paper mounted to canvas, 26.5 x 20.25 inches.
Domestic Violet, 2005, acrylic, silkscreen on paper mounted to canvas, 31 x 24.25 inches.
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