The Hudson Palisades, a quintessential feature of Wave Hill’s vista, are spectacular in autumn. This fall’s exhibition, brings the vista into Glyndor Gallery, transforming its Georgian Revival rooms. Conceived as an opportunity to showcase sculpture, the artists Isidro Blasco, Blane De St. Croix and Paula Winokur were selected based on their interest in geology, ecology, preservation and history, and on the methods they have developed to deal with space and subject.
Spanish-born artist Isidro Blasco combines architecture, photography, and sculptural installation to explore themes of perception and urbanism. His large-scale sculptures buttress three-dimensional photographic collages in which shots taken from multiple angles pivot around a single vantage point. The result is a fragmented view, an elliptical succession of various perspectives that produces a dynamic experience of space that is at once alluring and disorienting.
For Flow System, Blasco has taken hundreds of photographs of the Palisades, the Palisades Interstate Park, and the George Washington Bridge from points in New Jersey, Washington Heights, Inwood, and the Bronx. The images are assembled to create an articulated, panoramic, sculptural collage that fills the North Gallery space. The work is a departure for the artist, whose subject is often architecture and streetscapes. Here, he has focused on the rocks, trees, and structures of the Palisades, presenting a multi-faceted rendering of this breathtaking natural landscape.
Date: From September 1st to December 2nd.
Venue: Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery.
