Of An Urban Nature

Black Lake (Susan Jennings & Slink Moss), Alexander Ross, Danny Goodwin, Janice Caswell, Lizzie Scott, Karen Schifano, Heather Cox, Mary Temple, Susie Reiss, Beth Dary, Nancy Cohen, Elisa D’Arrigo, Christy Speakman, Christine Heindl, Amy Pryor, Katarina Wong, Mie Yim, Scott Grodesky

Organized by artist collective +1+1, “Of an Urban Nature” is an exhibition speaks to a variety of issues concerning artists who have had long practices in greater NYC. Some of the artists in this show mine their creative inspiration from the urban hive and landscape, others live in the city but frequently gain insight from nature and have created a hybrid visual vocabulary. Others still have left the city to live in more rural settings but acknowledge and appreciate the mark of the metropolis on their work.

An experiment in co-curation, the six founding members of the collective have each invited another artist and those in turn have each invited one more artist to participate. The exhibition includes a total of 18 artists exhibiting sculpture, painting, ceramics, works on paper, textile works, performances, projected video – all of which together creates an unexpected yet cohesive and dynamic take on what it means to balance urbanity and the natural environment.