Janet Echelman
dal 8/9/2005 al 8/9/2005
Segnalato da
8/9/2005
Janet Echelman
Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
She Changes. The sculpture spans 50 x 100 x 100 meters and suspends over a three-lane highway roundabout on the Atlantic coastline in Porto, Portugal. Its hollow curving three-dimensional form is created by twisting, braiding, and knotting of custom-colored Tenara Architectural Fiber, an archival material with the same chemical composition as Teflon.
She Changes. Solo exhibition
This exhibition chronicles the artist's drawings, sketchbooks, maquettes, and
time-lapse videos related to her sculpture She Changes, her newly completed $1.6
million commission, called one of the truly significant public artworks in recent
years by Sculpture Magazine. The sculpture spans 50 x 100 x 100 meters and suspends
over a three-lane highway roundabout on the Atlantic coastline in Porto, Portugal.
Its hollow curving three-dimensional form is created by twisting, braiding, and
knotting of custom-colored Tenara Architectural Fiber, an archival material with
the same chemical composition as Teflon.
Echelman's time-lapse video projection focuses on this element of fluid movement,
which she refers to as 'wind choreography'. She also documents the effects of
changing sun position as it creates delicate shadow line drawings upon the ground.
Echelman treats her sketchbooks more as sculptural objects than as drawings. Her
colored, cloth-bound books record a process of subtraction, either by folding or
cutting, followed by a staining of the edges which have been removed or hidden.
Scale models, interpretive maquettes, architectural renderings, and artist sketches
on display provide an extraordinary view into the working process of this artist and
project.
A Florida native who lived in Bali and Hong Kong before moving to New York City,
Echelman has completed major sculpture commissions and installations in cities
throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. Recipient of the Fullbright Senior
Lectureship, Japan Foundation Artist Fellowship, and Pollock-Krasner Foundation
grant, Ms. Echelman has taught at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Ms.
Echelman?s artist team was recently selected winner of the September 11th Memorial
Competition for Hoboken; her winning design for a free-standing island in the Hudson
River with a hole cut through its center is scheduled to break ground on September
11, 2006.
An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Friday, September 9 from 6:00 to
8:00 p.m.
Florence Lynch Gallery
531-539 West 25th Street, New York
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m.