March 29 - May 3, 2025
From Galleri Urbane:
“The exhibition of Anna Kunz’s new work is titled The Ecstatic Dream from a reflection by the avant-garde experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas. The reason for this reference is simple: Kunz created thework while in residency at Monira Foundation in Jersey City, which equally houses the archives of theLithuanian filmmaker; more broadly the rightness of fortune is complex and deeply intuitive. From thisencounter, what resonated with Kunz was the filmmaker’s approach, both diaristic and embracingchance.It is interesting to assess in what ways Kunz’s own paintings are diaristic, given her process. “Each day Iapproach the painting in a ritualistic way: I choose one or two significant colors from an experience inthe world,” she says. “So I’m making a document of my life in my work through color and surface.”She is careful to note that it is not The Ecstatic Dream because she is clueless to the moment: there isan urgency in her non-urgency, as curator Jared Quinton once noted. Hers is not a utopian vision.Rather, it’s important to balance the feelings of anger and anxiety with freedom and even joy.”
Reception: April 9, 2025 | 6–8:30 pm
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