Plus Gallery artist R. Justin Stewart has new work on view in two New York exhibitions this fall, the group show "On Purpose" at the BRIC Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn at 33 Clinton St and "It's a Thin Line" at Yeshiva University Museum, 15 W. 16th St.
On Purpose
Opening November 16th, 7-9pm
On view through December 21st 2012
BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn presents On Purpose: Art & Design in Brooklyn, 2012, on view at BRIC Rotunda Gallery November 17 - December 21, 2012. Building upon BRIC's noteworthy history of presenting design-focused exhibitions, the show will feature inspiring work from a range of Brooklyn-based designers, architects, and visual artists working on projects that address the environmental challenges of contemporary urban living. All of the work included in the show will combine notions of sustainability with the desire for aesthetic beauty. Guest curated by Risa Shoup, the exhibition includes work by 596 Acres, FreelandBuck, Claudia Paneca, Rosa Ruey, Rob Stephenson, R. Justin Stewart and Thread Collective.
It's a Thin Line
October 28th 2012-June 30th 2013
R. Justin Stewart's most recent work, extruded (an eruv project), is comprised entirely of blue and white upholstery thread, stabilized and connected by small metal hooks and loops. This ephemeral installation presents the viewer with a visual timeline of the evolving locations of Manhattan's eruvim since 1907, when the very first was created. The eruv was established to converge public and private domains, a metaphorical wall allowing observant Jews to perform the act of carrying outside on Shabbat, traditionally restricted to inside the home. The eruvim are strung throughout Manhattan: small gossamer wires hang unobtrusively overhead. In "extruded (an eruv project)," a map of Manhattan descends from the ceiling, with the thread floating downward, each year represented by 1.25" inches of thread, spanning a total of 105 years. The result is a network of ephemeral vertical thread fences that not only depicts the changing territories of the Manhattan eruv, but also speaks to the ephemeral nature of the eruv itself: that on one day of the week it symbolizes an enclosed special area, but for the remaining days, it is without meaning. "extruded (an eruv project)" created by R. Justin Stewart is part of It's a Thin Line at Yeshiva University Museum.
On Purpose
Opening November 16th, 7-9pm
On view through December 21st 2012
BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn presents On Purpose: Art & Design in Brooklyn, 2012, on view at BRIC Rotunda Gallery November 17 - December 21, 2012. Building upon BRIC's noteworthy history of presenting design-focused exhibitions, the show will feature inspiring work from a range of Brooklyn-based designers, architects, and visual artists working on projects that address the environmental challenges of contemporary urban living. All of the work included in the show will combine notions of sustainability with the desire for aesthetic beauty. Guest curated by Risa Shoup, the exhibition includes work by 596 Acres, FreelandBuck, Claudia Paneca, Rosa Ruey, Rob Stephenson, R. Justin Stewart and Thread Collective.
It's a Thin Line
October 28th 2012-June 30th 2013
R. Justin Stewart's most recent work, extruded (an eruv project), is comprised entirely of blue and white upholstery thread, stabilized and connected by small metal hooks and loops. This ephemeral installation presents the viewer with a visual timeline of the evolving locations of Manhattan's eruvim since 1907, when the very first was created. The eruv was established to converge public and private domains, a metaphorical wall allowing observant Jews to perform the act of carrying outside on Shabbat, traditionally restricted to inside the home. The eruvim are strung throughout Manhattan: small gossamer wires hang unobtrusively overhead. In "extruded (an eruv project)," a map of Manhattan descends from the ceiling, with the thread floating downward, each year represented by 1.25" inches of thread, spanning a total of 105 years. The result is a network of ephemeral vertical thread fences that not only depicts the changing territories of the Manhattan eruv, but also speaks to the ephemeral nature of the eruv itself: that on one day of the week it symbolizes an enclosed special area, but for the remaining days, it is without meaning. "extruded (an eruv project)" created by R. Justin Stewart is part of It's a Thin Line at Yeshiva University Museum.
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