Jaime Gecker 

 pleasure principle

MARCH 7 - MARCH 29 2015

SARDINE is pleased to present pleasure principle, a solo exhibition of recent work by Jaime Gecker. It opens on Saturday, March 7 with an opening reception from 6-9 pm and will be on view through Sunday, March 29, 2015.

In pleasure principle, Jaime Gecker, referencing both Janet Jackson and Sigmund Freud, lays out an imperfect, but personal plan for seeking pleasure in making things that don’t exist. Lush, textured paintings with ground up minerals and gemstones are collections; remembered experiences and fantasies at the same time. The paintings may be a detail view or an aerial one. A precise collection of books of history and geography are collaged with minimal interventions but pivotal touches. Her distinctive experiences and memories have left an indelible fingerprint. In the ambiguous landscapes of the paintings and books, there is an underlying preoccupation with escaping a city with the same fantastical vigor that draws many of us to it in the first place. Born directly out of Gecker’s diverse studio practice, pleasure principle is a delicate arrangement of these competing and layered parts.

Jaime Gecker lives and works in Brooklyn. This is her first solo show with Sardine. Her work has been exhibited at Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Monya Rowe Gallery and Daily Operation in New York, and Don’t Projects in Paris.