Being a stocky guy who only puts so much effort into getting
dressed and occasionally lets his hair and beard get a little unruly, mirrors
aren’t my friend. Large department stores, with their many reflective glass
gallery windows are in no way helpful to my self-esteem and routinely present
that disheveled three-dimensional version of myself that unfortunately bears
little resemblance to the respectable two-dimensional version I see when I
check my appearance before leaving the house. So I found Sara VanDerBeek’s
giant purple pictures with reflective glass and white square columns both
terribly attractive and disconcerting. It’s a wonderful purple, but the
reflective sheen produces an anxiety-filled, all-but-inescapable experience with
the paintings lining the room. They are paired with a room of pictures of Greek
and Roman sculptures, all with a pronounced purple to blue casts. The large
purple reflective pictures end up providing a weird opportunity to walk into
VanDerBeek’s pictures of sculptures in real time.
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