Axelle Fine Arts (corporate offices)
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Pietro Costa
dal 9/9/2011 al 14/10/2011
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9/9/2011

Pietro Costa

Axelle Fine Arts (corporate offices), New York

grace: 10 years since... The sculpture is composed of concentric red neon rings suspended from a 20 foot ceiling, forming a swaying tower of light that serves as a memorial for the victims of 9/11. Scattered around the base,in the form of a wreath, Costa places individual strips of paper representing the victims of September 11th; including their names, ages, employers and job titles, as well as where they were situated when they died.


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Bertrand Delacroix Gallery is pleased to present grace - 10 years since..., a light sculpture installation by Pietro Costa, on view at 314 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. The sculpture’s fourth showing commemorates the 10th anniversary of 9/11. With this presentation, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery is honored to pay tribute to victims and survivors of this tragic event.

grace, by Brooklyn-based artist Pietro Costa, is composed of concentric red neon rings suspended from a 20 foot ceiling, forming a swaying tower of light that serves as a memorial for the victims of 9/11. This ethereal tower is composed of neon rings held in position vertically without fixed points or knots, only by the simple tension exerted by four plumb bobs.

The morning of September 11th, 2001, Costa, along with fellow residents of Cobble Hill and Downtown Brooklyn, experienced a shower of paper floating down from the sky. Burnt, tattered and sometimes intact papers were strewn on the streets from the offices of the thousands of people who perished that morning in the World Trade Center.

Costa recalls, “After the attack, I’d been having this recurring dream – not a dream, actually a nightmare. The sky was raining paper. It haunted me and I couldn’t ignore it. I couldn’t keep making art without absorbing this experience. I knew exactly what the answer to my nightmare was: I needed to physically introduce this occurrence into the sculpture in a way that would memorialize those who were gone. I wanted to include an interactive component, something that the viewer could pick up and take away, just as all of us, who were in New York on September 11th take that day with us everywhere – even now, ten years later.”

Scattered around the base,in the form of a wreath, Costa places individual strips of paper representing the victims of September 11th; including their names, ages, employers and job titles, as well as where they were situated when they died. Among these are the names of the hijackers as well as blank strips representing the unknown quantity of the homeless and undocumented New York City residents. Visitors are encouraged to take a strip of paper with them. As they are collected, the strips are refreshed with a new batch.

grace was previously installed in the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York in 2002; the Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia in 2002 for the first anniversary; and the Certosa di San Lorenzo, a former 13th century abbey near Costa’s hometown, Padula, Italy in 2003.

grace returns full circle to New York, in the Brooklyn neighborhood where it was created, in time to commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11th.

Born in S. Arsenio, Italy, Pietro Costa lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Costa has exhibited in numerous galleries and museums; selected venues include The Hudson River Museum; The Sculpture Center, New York; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Galleria il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome; Piano Nobile, Perugia. His work is in the permanent collection of the Guggenheim, New York, and other public and private collections. His work has been published and reviewed extensively in publications such as The New York Times, Art in America, Time Out New York, Sculpture Magazine, Flash Art, The Village Voice, The Miami Herald, among others. Costa is a 2003 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow.

For information and images, contact Florence Lynch at flynch@bdgny.com, Vanessa Campos at valexandra@bdgny.com, or Anica Archip at anica.nyc@gmail.com.

Image: grace: 10 years since... Photo by Arsenio Pandolfo

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 6-8 pm

Installation Site: 314 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery Hours: Daily Noon-6pm; Window Viewing 24-hours

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Pietro Costa
dal 9/9/2011 al 14/10/2011

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