SUTHERLAND BROTHERS' AMATEUR HOUR OPENING

By MAGGIE LEE

Almost one year ago, Peter had his show, Blame it on the Dog, at ATM gallery. This year he teamed up with his brother Andrew for "Amateur Hour." The Sutherland brothers are men who wear many hats and truly make a great team (duh!). Andrew's work in the show consists of sculpture and video, both weaving through psychedelia and the juxtaposition of organic and geometric forms. Process is key. And like a continuous pattern, a continuous cycle, rings echo from the knot of wood and define the age of the tree at its cross section. Andrew's patterns and ideas cycle through his transformation of a tree into pulp, which is processed into a New York Times paper, then compressed into the form of organic wood, and then the wood is physically sawed into a plank. Time and process is inevitable in his "News Paper" pieces. There is an allure of an organic shape on its own, yet a next level fascination is seen with a man-made cut. Peter's work is a collection of favored clippings, drawings made from those clippings on legal paper, collage taken from his sketchbook, and photographs from a weekend jaunt to Iceland and his ventures into the wilderness. These photos can be seen as individual snapshots but Peter has a way of grouping photos that's really great. He works with variations of a theme--it is all very American--and his recent photos are ideas that link to the past, stimulating nostalgia, reminiscing about the life of a young man living in Colorado. am_hr_02

This guy over here was wearing tinted sunglasses and I could not see where he was looking... am_hr_11

and since they were mirrored at the edges he could see behind and around. am_hr_13

DJ Fumie

Ouchies

Art talk

Dana says hi. am_hour_23

Hamilton was supposed to DJ but he was stuck in Hati; remember he told you to go to this show. am_hour_25

Nicholas Gottlund looks 12 but hes really 15, can you believe it??!!! am_hour_26

Thats Ms. Suthz filming. am_hour_34

See, this is pieces of paper compressed into a log and cut into planks. am_hour_38

The show comes with a huge poster zine made of images like this: 110

And that is what is up, so please go see it because it's only up for a week and is ending in three days (that's October 30, if you like dates). ATM gallery is located at 621 West 27th Street and is open from Tuesday through Saturday from 11 to 6 PM. It's raining today, which is always a good time to go look at art. Why not head over there now?

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