Car­o­line Furr : Float­ing World reviewed in Philadel­phia Inquirer

Heavy­bub­ble is thrilled that Car­o­line Furr’s show Float­ing World at 110 CHURCH has been reviewed by Edith Newhall at the Philadel­phia Inquirer.

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Afloat

by Edith Newhall, Philadel­phia Inquirer

Car­o­line Furr’s small show, “float­ing world,” in the sim­i­larly tidy gallery 110 CHURCH, pro­vides a glimpse into her con­tem­po­rary ver­sion of Japan­ese Edo-period ukiyo-e, or “Pic­tures of the Float­ing World” wood­block prints. I saw no signs of the kind of red-light dis­trict activ­ity that appeared in the 17th-century works, but they could eas­ily be hid­den.
Furr’s col­lages and gouaches on panel board — and com­bi­na­tions of the two — sug­gest Chi­nese and Japan­ese land­scape paint­ing, too, but as seen through a surrealist’s lens. Dorothea Tan­ning and Leonore Car­ring­ton would seem to be her touchstones.

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image: float­ing world (buoy­ant and bliss­ful), collage-gouache, felt tip, pen­cil and gold leaf on rag board, 36 x 27″ framed