DECODER RING: THE PAINTINGS OF KARLA KNIGHT
KARLA KNIGHT: Voyage (OUM-17), 2019; Oil, flashe, colored pencil, and graphite on ledger paper mounted on linen; 75 x 52 inches The thrill of the unknown is the innocent face of a mystery that only broadens when we give it credence. We are taught that mysteries exist ‘out there’--as in somewhere beyond ourselves, in distant reaches and on planets and territories beyond our understanding. What we do not know about ourselves is the true mystery, constantly being visited by artists like Karla Knight, who reveal the secret codes and symbols that unite us all in both knowledge and fear. Her current exhibition “Notes from the Lightship” at Andrew Edlin Gallery displays a dozen works unique for being simultaneously non-objective yet indicative of a technologically driven and descriptive reality. They read like a cryptic language that invites our curiosity yet offers no key. To decipher them we must look deeply and profoundly into the underlying structure of clues that bind them. KARLA KNIGHT
