Posts Tagged ‘sculpture’
The Invisible Dog Art Center
When Lucien Zayan rented the building at 51 Bergen St. in Boerum Hill last spring, the three-story factory was falling apart and filled with junk. In less than a year, Zayan transformed the building into an art center with two exhibition spaces and twenty-five artists studios. From 1970 to 1995, the building functioned as a belt factory. The [...]
Highlights from The Whitney Biennial
So I finally made it to the Whitney Biennial and it was glorious. After profiling Kate Gilmore, I was really excited to see her piece, and it was definitely one of the best videos in the show. And one of the most popular -- most people stayed glued to the screen for the entire piece. What's really cool, though, is that the video is shown in the [...]
In the Studio: Kate Gilmore
As an artist whose primary theme is struggle, Kate Gilmore’s success has been complicated. “A lot of my work is about overcoming failure, so when people start encouraging your work,” she says, laughing, “it adds a whole other confusing layer to it because you’re not struggling as much anymore.” Gilmore, 34, sits in a rocking chair in [...]
Art and the Gowanus
On March 2, the Environmental Protection Agency designated Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal a Superfund site, meaning that the area is one of the most polluted sites in the nation. With clean up plans underway, everyone from the mayor's office to local business owners is talking about what the Superfund means to them. As part of a collaborative project we [...]
In the Studio: Amanda Browder
When you think about sculpture, you probably picture marble statues or clay figurines or stone carvings. Plush fabric and bright, pillowy objects are far from your mind. But for Greenpoint artist Amanda Browder, the latter form her sculptures. Browder, 33, turns traditional sculpture on its head by creating vibrantly colored soft pieces that are [...]
Getting creative with cloth
I spent some time with artist Amanda Browder this weekend. I'm working on an audio slideshow about her and her work, so I thought I'd share some pictures from her studio while I work on the piece: