A large spherical sculpture with a textured, weathered surface rendered in gray and white tones against a clear blue sky, suggesting an ancient or celestial form built up through layered materials.

What Remains

Chris Daharsh, Molly Kaderka

8/12/2016 – 9/21/2016

Press Release (PDF)

In the exhibition What Remains, Chris Daharsh and Molly Kaderka present their latest works, which explore the relationship between material processes and historical objects. In these works, the artists pay particular attention to remnants, to what is left behind, either by humans or by natural forces, contemporary and ancient. Both are enthralled by historical and archeological artifacts, and are creating works that present objects in an enigmatic and empathetic way. And each has a unique way of exploring object-making, with Daharsh using a heavily layered sculptural process and Kaderka employing meticulous drawing against a color-field background to give objects visual power.

Daharsh uses commonplace materials—burlap, plaster, concrete—to make a sculpture that represents a kind of contemporary artifact. Kaderka’s objects, lovingly rendered through a highly detailed method of drawing, engage the viewer in a new appreciation of objects that might otherwise go unnoticed. Through different processes, Daharsh and Kaderka each use a variety of layering techniques, layering marks, textures and patinas to create a sense of time in these works and to communicate the significance of each artifact.

This contemplative exhibition will invite viewers to re-examine objects and their significance in the context of the time in which they were made and in the present.

Exhibition Images ()

  • A contemporary art gallery interior displaying three artworks: a tall, textured burgundy-brown sculptural panel on the left floor, and two framed photographs on the white wall—one depicting a detailed relief map against a blue background, the other showing a luminous celestial object against black.
  • Two framed artworks hung side by side on a gallery wall: at left, a textured brown spherical form rendered in layered materials against a gradient blue background; at right, a luminous spiral galaxy depicted in precise detail against a black starfield.
  • Gallery wall displaying five framed works: three small prints with purple and blue tones on the left, a medium-sized framed drawing of a textured gray spherical form against a blue sky and yellow-green ground in the center, and a large framed image of a dark starry night sky on the right.
A large spherical sculpture with a textured, weathered surface rendered in gray and white tones against a clear blue sky, suggesting an ancient or celestial form built up through layered materials.