Lunar Mirror
Lunar Mirror
Jessica Silverman Gallery is pleased to present “Lunar Mirror,” a show of new work by Christopher Badger, on view from March 22 to May 4, 2013.
The exhibition will debut a series of sculptures made of polished cast aluminum called “Lunar Mirrors,” and a 7×7 foot chalk-and-oil painting, titled “Shadow Phase.”
Inspired by artists such as Robert Smithson, Sol LeWitt and Heinz Mack along with ancient Greek geometers and NASA photographers, Badger continues his exploration of abstraction and earthworks. Using the moon as his touchstone, this body of work also advances Badger’s interest in objective maps with subjective associations as well as the ambiguous relationship between reflections and projections.
In making the “Lunar Mirror” reliefs, Badger starts with aerial photographs of the moon produced by the Apollo 15 crew in 1974. He traces the topographical lines of the photos, makes a vector map, and uses a 3-D modeling program to create digital files from which the works are cast. The resulting aluminum sculptures are then polished to a fine mirror finish so that the viewer can see his/her own reflection, rippled and distorted, in its surface. The resulting reflections, like the moon itself, appear and disappear; they are constant but changing, unattainable but common to all.
“Shadow Phase” is an elegant abstract painting on black gesso ground. On top of the smooth surface are white lines made of chalk and oil that hark back to classical Greek mathematical equations from 300 BC and Minimalist ideals of beauty from the 1960s and 70s.
The exhibition will also feature eight new 4×4 foot paintings, also oil and chalk on black gesso, from Badger’s “Construction 3-15” series.
As Leonard Cohen memorably put it, “They’ll never ever reach the moon, at least not the one that we’re after.”
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Necho
Cast aluminum
38 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches
2013
Unique
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Necho
Alternate view
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Proclus Crater
Cast aluminum
33 x 33 inches
2013
Unique
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Proclus Crater
Alternate view
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Rima Dawes
Cast aluminum
27 x 27 inches
2013
Unique
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Rima Dawes
Alternate view
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Rima Hadley
Cast aluminum
27 x 22 1/2 inches
2013
Unique
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Rima Hadley
Alternate view
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Rima Hadley
Installation view
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King Central Peaks
Cast aluminum
27 x 33 inches
Unique
2013
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King Central Peaks
Alternate view
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King Central Peaks
Installation View
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Shadow Phase
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
84 x 84 inches
2013
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Shadow Phase
Details
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Installation view
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
2013
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Installation view
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
2013
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Decagon Construction
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013
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Dodecagon Construction
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013
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Hexagon Construction
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013
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Octagon Construction
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013
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Pendedecagon Construction
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013
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Pentagon Construction
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013
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Tetragon Construction
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013
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Trigon Construction
Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013

Cast aluminum
38 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches
2013
Unique

Alternate view

Cast aluminum
33 x 33 inches
2013
Unique

Alternate view

Cast aluminum
27 x 27 inches
2013
Unique

Alternate view

Cast aluminum
27 x 22 1/2 inches
2013
Unique

Alternate view

Installation view

Cast aluminum
27 x 33 inches
Unique
2013

Alternate view

Installation View

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
84 x 84 inches
2013

Details

Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
2013

Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
2013

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013

Chalk and oil on gessoed panel
48 x 48 inches
2013