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Adéla Janská: Physical Entities at The Something Machine, Bellport, New York.

WHILE WE OFTEN NAVIGATE LIFE AVOIDING A VORACIOUS GAZE, ADÉLA JANSKÁ’S SUBJECTS ESCHEW THESE PERILS OF CONSUMPTION; HER SUBJECTS ARE DECIDEDLY RESOLUTE IN REFUSING TO BE DEVOURED OR PROVIDING PLEASURE. STRONG, DESPITE THEIR SEEMING FRAGILITY, JANSKÁ’S WOMEN SEDUCE WITH DECEIVING ACCESSIBILITY.

PHYSICAL ENTITIES, PRESENTS ADÉLA JANSKÁ’S (B. 1981, OLOMOUC, CZECH REPUBLIC) DEBUT EXHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE FIRST SOLO PRESENTATION OF HER WORK OUTSIDE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THE EXHIBITION CONSISTS OF TWO RECENT BODIES OF WORKS: THE ‘BRIDES’ AND ‘METAMORPHOSIS.’ EACH PAINTING BEGINS AS A COLLAGE COMPOSED OF DISPARATE IMAGES: PORCELAIN FIGURINES FROM HER COLLECTION, NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS, AND CLIPPINGS FROM FASHION MAGAZINES. JANSKÁ SUTURES HER SOURCE MATERIAL AND VEILS THEM WITH PORCELAIN SURFACES TO COMPOSE A REINVENTED AND RECONSTRUCTED FEMALE ENTITY. TAKEN AS A WHOLE, JANSKÁ AMALGAMATES THE LIMINAL WITH THE CORPOREAL, PROJECTING A SIGNATURE PRESENTATION OF FEMINISM IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE.