Ampersand is pleased to present Interference, a solo exhibition of collages by Alexis Anne Mackenzie. As with Drift, her previous exhibition at the gallery, the source imagery for this new body of work is botanical, in this case photographic documentation of wildflowers and colorful Ikebana floral arrangements. However, whereas the meandering cutting and placement technique of Drift resulted in works that resembled topographic maps, erosion lines or the skeletal remains of some unknown creature, the precise linear splices and mirrored alternating arrangements in Interference are more restrained and push the boundaries of redefining an image within the confines of its original self. We see the semblance of botanical forms echoed by something like the central plane of a mirror surface or agitated inside a reflection on rippled water. Each part (or splice) of the original specimen is contained in the new piece, but it seems as though information has been lost or is incomplete, much in the same way that static interference scrambles images on television screens. It's as though we are looking at a single moment in the process of a form rearranging itself. A new, undefined pattern is in the process of emerging, a new life is about to begin.

Alexis Anne Mackenzie received her BFA from Tufts University / School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and has shown in solo and two-person shows here at Ampersand, Swarm Gallery (Oakland), EBERSMOORE (Chicago) and POVevolving Gallery (Los Angeles), among others. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at MOMA PS1 (New York), Berkeley Art Center, Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago) and The Hole (New York). In 2012 she received the Wynn Newhouse Award and her work is held in numerous private collections. She lives and works in San Francisco, CA.

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Interference I, 2014
Hand-cut collage on paper
8 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
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