Whistling Fitzpatrick

Daphne Fitzpatrick returned to the New York art world with a cool and breezy walk through the Dada-hood with “

Daphne Fitzpatrick returned to the New York art world with a cool and breezy walk through the Dada-hood with “Whistle and Flute,” at American Contemporary. Fitzpatrick’s show is a wry tongue in cheek look at the art world and the artist’s practice through the lens of a film buff slash literary critic. A veritable animated junkyard of throw away goods, these re-purposed objects hang in the balance precariously on top of each other as you wait for the cheese to drop the, the book to topple or a wire to snap. Fitzpatrick is always on the look out for a new piece to an ever expanding puzzle, no curb side dump, worn out tool, or random phrase goes unexamined. Everything has potential under Fitzpatrick’s clever grip.

The only catch is that “Whistle and Flute” closed earlier this year, so you’ll have to catch Fitzpatrick somewhere else in the future, which I guarantee will be right around the corner.

Daphne Fitzpatrick: Credit, Disney World
(detail)
2012

 

Daphne Fitzpatrick: Studio Lock
Acrylic on paint stick
14 x 16 x 1 inches
2012

Daphne Fitzpatrick: Whistle and Flute
Installation view
2012

 

Daphne Fitzpatrick: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Saw and painted plastic
3.5 x 5.5 x 16 inches
2012

 

Daphne Fitzpatrick: Prolonging The Life of Your Cheese
Fencing foil, wax
36 x 6 x 6 inches
2012

“Whistle and Flute”, American Contemporary, New York, NY
November 8 – December 23 2012