LINDA GANJIAN's new series of drawings are clearly inspired by her "love of ornament". They are collections of motifs that function on paper as "interwoven sculptural elements". Ganjian's love of Middle Eastern carpets is evident as the drawings often allude to the "process of weaving". Her use of spatial relationships suggests a sense of motion that further advances this notion of connection and interlocking.
These compositions are savvy hybrids of old/new, east/west and architecture/fauna. The 'look' of these drawings offers reflections of everything from art noveau, art deco, video and pinball games, science fiction graphics, computer technical drawings to ancient religious ornaments. If some movie studio decided to remake the 1960's animated film YELLOW SUBMARINE, Linda Ganjian's current drawings would be a good starting point for the storyboards. And this points to her ability to synthesize so many diverse elements into something very contemporary and, of course, visually striking.

PATRICIA SMITS’s new drawings are pseudo-architectural models or as the artist likes to put it "plot plans". Each drawing/plot plan has its own story. Smith creates her own personal mythology complete with each drawing featuring its own trompe-l'oeil label identifying the building and its intended use. Smith's imagery takes on the look of "bundled and entwined shapes (that) look like a cross section of an organism or subculture". At other times some may remind you of maps with indications of different terrain. In the series as a whole, a whimsical universe is created in a series of works on paper created simply with watercolor & ink.

eyewash is a second-wave Williamsburg (Brooklyn) gallery that was started in 1997 by Larry Walczak in a turn-of-the-century tenement building. In the last four years eyewash has become a migratory gallery collaborating with other spaces on exhibitions, installations and events. These spaces include Parkers Box, Schroeder/Romero, Pierogi 2000, Apex Art, Gallery Boreas & The Front Room. eyewash focuses on emerging and mid-career artists predominantly from the New York City area. This collaboration with The Tate Chelsea is eyewash's first on-line exhibition.