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Vernon Fisher’s body of work might be seen as analogous to the lake’s
surface—the centerpiece of this triptych—which operates between the
world that we know and the unseen depths that lie beneath. Fisher began writing
stories for his artworks in the 1970s, and within a few years these texts began
appearing in his paintings and assemblages. Stick-Chart Navigation is classic
Fisher, presenting the viewer with a juxtaposition of object, image, and text
in a variety of mediums. His works present a veneer of specificity, using maps,
familiar imagery, and intimate text, yet Fisher leaves the connections between
these displaced elements maddeningly open. This tension between the specificity
of the individual elements and the viewer’s broader interpretation of the
whole provides the fertile ground for Fisher’s cultivation of meaning. . . .
:: Stacey Schmidt, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art |
Text excerpted from A Capital Collection: Masterworks from
the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
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