If you’re in New York tomorrow evening, you could do worse than to drop by the opening of our very own Lane Twitchell’s new show at Roebling Hall in Chelsea. (At the very least, go see it before it closes in a month.)From the press release:

In the Project Room, Roebling Hall is pleased to present “Leap With Me,” an exhibition of new work by the Brooklyn-based artist Lane Twitchell. The exhibition marks the return of this artist to the gallery, having first exhibited with us in 1998.The basis of Mr. Twitchell’s work is folded and cut paper and occasionally spun Olifin, also known as Tyvek. Originally selected to reproduce the repetitive nature of the modern suburb, the artist has developed this form to meet his ends with some unexpected results. The disarmingly decorative nature of the work can seem simple-minded at first; however, the seductive nature of decorative strategies becomes part the content the artist is exploring.

Mr. Twitchell is interested in the mythologies of the United States as “Promised Land,” with its tropes of strong masculine explorers paving the way for (and protecting) delicate feminine domesticity and innocent childhood. Mr. Twitchell is also investigating the paralyzing awe romanticized by 19th century Americans looking west to “their” virgin continent. Twitchell’s work is often inspired by these elements of American culture whose roots run to the deeply religious, and deeply conflicted, foundations of the nation.

This exhibition marks Mr. Twitchell’s first extended engagement with an outside fabricator. The artist spent the summer working in a garage in Palo Alto California. The drawings he produced there have been translated into cut paper and polyester film via an industrial laser cutter.