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PRESENTS
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MONUMENTAL SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION BY THE WINNER OF 2009
BLACK & WHITE PROJECT SPACE PRIZE
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October
9 – January 10, 2010
Opening reception:
Friday, October 9, 6-9pm
Press
Release
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For
the exhibition, De St. Croix quite literally builds
a mountain upside down, referring to the strip mining
process of mountain top removal and filling of the valleys,
definitively flatting the land and stripping it of all
its resources and sustainability. The massive sculpture,
a monumental miniaturized landscape, dynamically cuts
through the exterior exhibition space spilling into
the interior gallery, while painstakingly reconstructing
the topography of a selected section of the Kayford
Mountain Ridge top in West Virginia as both a monument
and memorial to the land. The installation runs over
forty feet in length and towers above the exterior walls
as it climbs up twenty-two feet high. Additionally,
in the interior space numerous detailed ink drawings
will be on view as well as extensive research documentation
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Located
in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, Black &
White Project Space is a non-profit art organization
committed to production, presentation and promotion
of innovative and audience-engaging site-specific
installations otherwise in danger of under-representation.
As exhibition spaces and artists’ studios disappear
due to the building boom that has replaced so much
of the neighborhood's historic fabric, our mission
is to preserve and further develop the creative environment
by bringing socially conscious art to a wide audience
and offering substantial resources to artists shaping
contemporary visual culture in the field of site-specific
installations.
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