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Article: Jeffrey Mongrain at Perimeter. (New York).(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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The small Chelsea space newly occupied by this Chicago gallery has cathedral-like proportions: long, narrow and tall. That seemed appropriate for Jeffrey Mongrain's work, with its inward concentration and spiritual aura. This show consisted of a photograph and four sculptures, all but one dated 2001. To move from one work to the next, alone in the quiet gallery, felt like making stops on a pilgrimage.
The photo documented the installation in Glasgow Cathedral last year of an almost 5-foot-long plumb bob of pale ceramic created by Mongrain. At the back of the gallery space was a similar bob less than half that size, made of opaque glass. It hung a foot above a ...