SIXSPACE: Carrie Marill::Newfoundland

SIXSPACE: Carrie Marill :: NewfoundlandShow Dates: July 28 - August 25, 2007Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 12 - 6 pm5803 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232. tel: 323.932.6200"Sixspace is proud present Newfoundland, the second solo exhibition at the gallery by Carrie Marill. Newfoundland features a new series of gouache-on-paper paintings depicting threatened or endangered flora and fauna existing in an imaginary world.Carrie Marill utilizes painting as a way to investigate particular subjects (such as her 2006 exhibition Duke and Duchess focusing on the story of Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Mrs. Wallis Simpson and Edward, Prince of Wales and her previous series exploring String Theory). For Newfoundland, Marill has familiarized herself with species (focusing primarily on plants and birds) whose status is either threatened, endangered, or extinct. Within her imagery she uniquely navigates and accesses the rich past of natural history illustration thus creating a modern re-interpretation of these threatened and endangered species. By highlighting that the three major contributors to loss of species are habitat destruction, invasive species, and human development, Marill brings delicate attention to this serious problem."