The New Gallery - Thom Andriola - Houston, Texas Contemporary Fine Art

	MAGDALEN CELESTINO ARIELLE MASSON Trance Channel December 1, 2007 - January 5, 2008 Opening Reception December 1, 2007 6:00 - 8:00 pm Bringing the works of Magdalen Celestino together with Arielle Masson’s is in some ways a spirit invoking invitation. Both artists’ works seem to exist in the realm between time and space, that place of sacred geometry found in the cosmic dream world. Yet, despite the ethereal nature that both artists’ works seem to share, there is the knowledge of hard science and theoretical physics backing up their artistic creations. Masson works with variations on simple geometric forms which develop into matrices, or seen another way, as tantric diagrams. There is also a starfield presence in many of her large-scale white on black paintings. Magdalen Celestino brings anthropomorphic form to this un-visible world. She creates spectre-like beings out of latex and other materials. They can take the form of pupae or canopic vessels. They also appear to exist as animistic gods. These beings arrive as mysterious travelers inhabiting the celestial spirit universe conjured up within Arielle Masson’s liquid spaces. Thom Andriola Director New Gallery

Bringing the works of Magdalen Celestino together with Arielle Masson’s is in some ways a spirit invoking invitation. Both artists’ works seem to exist in the realm between time and space, that place of sacred geometry found in the cosmic dream world. Yet, despite the ethereal nature that both artists’ works seem to share, there is the knowledge of hard science and theoretical physics backing up their artistic creations.

Masson works with variations on simple geometric forms which develop into matrices, or seen another way, as tantric diagrams. There is also a starfield presence in many of her large-scale white on black paintings.

Magdalen Celestino brings anthropomorphic form to this un-visible world. She creates spectre-like beings out of latex and other materials. They can take the form of pupae or canopic vessels. They also appear to exist as animistic gods. These beings arrive as mysterious travelers inhabiting the celestial spirit universe conjured up within Arielle Masson’s liquid spaces.

Thom Andriola
Director
New Gallery