THE GALLERY - PRATO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, 70 GEDNEY WAY, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605
Congruency
Curated by Lauren Gidwitz
On View February 21 - April 17, 2020
Opening Reception February 21, 6 - 9 pm
Daphne Arthur
Jim Gaylord
Lauren Gidwitz
Catherine Haggarty
Lavaughan Jenkins
Sung Hwa Kim
Maria Kreyn
Calli Moore
Eileen Neff
Dominic Terlizzi
Aparna Sarkar
“...a person is a fluid process, not a fixed and static entity; a flowing river of
change, not a block of solid material; a continually changing constellation of
potentialities, not a fixed quantity of traits.”
- Carl R. Rogers
THE GALLERY is pleased to present Congruency , an exhibition that explores the attempt to
achieve congruence in an unwieldy world. Objects have a way of keeping time for us. They
physically embody moments from the past, but also have the ability to resonate with those of
the future. Art objects also mark the confluence of intention and effort of the maker. Time is
layered in an art piece: the past experiences of the artist, the time it takes to create, and each
moment that it is considered, looked upon, touched, and moving the viewer.
The term congruence was used by the humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers to describe a state
when one’s ideal self and actual self are consistent. Through the work of eleven artists, this
exhibition documents attempts at congruence. Congruence for an artist is the elusive moment
when the ideal of the artwork in their head aligns with the object that they have created. Each
artwork is an inner examination that has been made whole and external.
Congruency will feature work by Daphne Arthur, Jim Gaylord, Lauren Gidwitz, Catherine
Haggarty, Lavaughan Jenkins, Sung Hwa Kim, Maria Kreyn, Calli Moore, Eileen Neff, Dominic
Terlizzi, and Aparna Sarkar. This group of artists push traditional methods in an effort to
transcend form; in order to address something larger, more nuanced and ineffable.
These endeavors towards congruency can be felt in each piece; the moments when the
channels from mind to object to viewer are clear. We glimpse them in vibrational weavings of
paint, symbols and pattern play, the ecstatic transmission of an expression as pigment slips
down the surface, the shifting realms of the micro and macroscopic, the natural and the
man-made, the twistings of symmetry and layering of discordant imagery for an unlikely
harmony. Each piece is a leap into the Gestalt, where the whole is more than the sum of its
parts.
For more information about the artists featured in Congruency , please contact Gallery Director
Will Feurtado at willietjones@yahoo.com