Entanglements opening reception

ENTANGLEMENTS features new work by Carlyle Wolfe Lee, Thad Lee, Spencer Sloan and Virginie Drujon-Kippelen. To become entangled with another is to become intertwined, twisted or bound – physically, emotionally or psychologically. The theory of quantum entanglements states that when two particles become entangled, they remain connected even when separated by vast distances.

Working collaboratively, Carlyle Wolfe Lee and Thad Lee’s “Repeat the Sounding Joy,” is a body of work made in tandem, through painting and photography, that explores their mutual delight in the natural world and within their own marriage. Spencer Sloan’s ongoing practice of manipulating paparazzi photographs into digital abstractions intertwines the concepts of celebrity obsessions, invasion of privacy and the complex issues of ownership of an image. Virginie Drujon-Kippelen’s photo series, “Aliens, Invasives and Other Entanglements,” explores the complicated connections that exist in our disturbed urban landscapes, where native and alien species compete–a possible metaphor for our own issues of national identity and nativism.