Fata Morgana – The New Female Fantasists

Press Release from Dabora Gallery and Phantasmaphile

Dabora Gallery and Phantasmaphile present…

'Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists'

Opening Reception:  Saturday, March 14th, 2009 from 8-11pm, with complimentary absinthe, courtesy of La Fée

On view March 14th – April 12th, 2009

Gallery Hours:  Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm – 5pm (March 15th – April 12th)

Dabora Gallery and Phantasmaphile's Pam Grossman are proud to usher in the spring season with the group show "Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists," on view from March 14th through April 12th, 2009. It features fourteen of the most vital and visionary women artists working in the US today.

In literal terms, a fata morgana is a mirage or illusion, a waking reverie, a shimmering of the mind. Named for the enchantress Morgan le Fay, these tricks of perception conjure up a sense of glimpsing into another world, whether it be the expanses of an ethereal terrain, or the twilit depths of the psyche. The artists of "Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists" deftly utilize the semiotics of mysticism, fantasy, and the subconscious in their work, thereby guiding the viewer through heretofore uncharted realms – alternately shadowy or luminous, but always inventive.

Participating Artists:

Carrie Ann Baade (right), Lori Field, Katy Horan, Tina Imel, Susan Jamison, Karena Karras, Fay Ku, Adela Leibowitz, Rene Lynch, Alexis Mackenzie, Lynda Mahan, Amy Ross, Judith Schaechter, Madeline von Foerster

Dabora Gallery

1080 Manhattan Ave. (between Eagle and Dupont)

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York 1122, USA

Right: Carrie Ann Baade – "The Character of Mercy," 2007

egg tempera, oil and gold leaf on maple panel,  16 x 20 inches