Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to announce Cityscape: Surveying the Urban Biotope. Curated by Alyson Baker and Marichris Ty, the show will explore the presence of nature in the fabric of urban life."Cityscape" includes eleven new works by artists:
Saul Becker
George Boorujy
William Cordova
David Kennedy Cutler
Lillian Gerson
Janelle Iglesias
Katherine McLeod
Ester Partegàs
Zena Verda Pesta
Christine Howard Sandoval
Mark Lawrence Stafford
The introduction or invasion of plants and animals in the cityscape symbolizes a broad scope of conditions and dynamics – from far reaching social, political, economic and aesthetic issues to an individual’s relationship with their immediate surroundings. Nature’s presence in the urban environment can take many forms: green roofs, community gardens, city parks, corporate plazas; Peregrine Falcons nesting on 5th Avenue balconies; vast populations of rats and pigeons that have readily adapted to the habitat of busy streets; Ailanthus trees growing from crumbling buildings, abandoned construction sites, and cracks in the sidewalk. This range from invited and cultivated to invasive and insidious represents everything from the most innovative urban planning and a trend towards the greening of cities, to a symptom of and contributor to the decay of the built environment.
This exhibition is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency and is supported, in part, by public funds from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs.
"City Scape: Surveying the Urban Scope," will be shown through to August 1st:
Socrates Sculpture Park
31-01 Vernon Blvd
Long Island City, NY
(718) 956-1819
N or W to Broadway, Walk 8 blocks to East River
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