In the Dimension of Gail Thacker
Fugitive Moments, my dear friend Gail’s solo show at Howl! Happening Gallery, 6 East 1st Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue, opens this Wednesday, January 9th, and I couldn’t be more excited.
To celebrate, I am sharing Jorge, one of the pieces that will be shown. Such an honor!
Gail’s work brings in an element of chance—and pataphysics, the “science” of imaginary solutions—using rare Polaroid Positive/Negative 665 film which she doesn’t fix, allowing time and chemicals to work their magic into the image.
In this particular image, I am posing with balloons on a sofa on the stage of the Gene Frankel Theatre, where Gail is artistic director. The mysterious energy of the room took over, and the resulting image appears as if it came from another dimension…. Gail’s Howl! show doubles as a document of our artistic family, recording our community in a dreamlike state.
Fugitive Moments features Gail’s Polaroid and print photography work, which is closer to painting due to her interventions on the prints. “These are tableaux of transgression and transcendence,” says Carlo McCormick in his essay for the forthcoming catalog, which will be launched at an event during the run of the show.
Also, stay tuned for a Klown Portrait Polaroid Workshop, where Gail will help participants create a portrait with makeup, wigs, backdrops, and costumes in ‘klown’ style—an exaggeration of everyday makeup and wear.
