Light and Life Contemporary Landscapes

222 E. 41st Street

New York, NY 10017 Light and Life Contemporary Landscapes

Dates: October 15, 2012 — January 26, 2013

Location: Jones Day 222 E. 41st Street Lobby New York, NY 10017

Jackie Battenfield Included Artists: Vicki DaSilva Kathleen J. Graves David Opdyke Light and Life Contemporary Landscapes

g a macura inc. and 222 East 41st Street are proud to present Light and Life: Contempo- rary Landscapes. The pieces included in this exhibition examine how landscapes are de- fined, developed, and presented in a 21st century context. Using contemporary technology and materials, each artist has cultivated and grown their own version of present-day “organic” scenery.

Turning the classic theme of landscapes on its ear, the featured artists present new and technically relevant settings that mirror our own collective understanding of our environment in the digital age. Whether through photography, sculpture, or mixed media, it becomes clear that technology, reconditioning of urban space, and utilization of resources has reshaped our concept of a location and its possibilities.

In Kathleen J. Grave’s Garden Bot series, microorganisms assist humans in the planting and tending of gardens. These Nanobots are a futuristic representation of the cells em- ployed in the upkeep of our own bodies, and technological evolution begins to take on the appearance of an organic composition. In the same breadth, David Opdyke’s repur- posing of man-made materials – such as PVC and plastic – into natural-looking sculptures is an attempt to refurbish the resources we have cast away to create a new type of urban landscaping. Peeking out from the cracks in urethane piping in Divergent Distribu- tion Model, pink blossoms begin to overshadow the rust and past use of their hosts and transform both the appearance and context of these objects.

Using light to affect the ways we envision nature and its environments, Vicki DaSilva and Jackie Battenfield have created colorful, glowing works that alter our perception of the scenery in front of us. As in her stunning Light Tartans: Fountain Park #6, DaSilva uses her meticulous “light graffiti” technique to layer her photography of evening landscapes with vibrant light paths. The formation of these patterned, neon light quilts completely transforms the visual context of her nighttime scenes. Jackie Battenfield’s work,- how ever, focuses in on a macro context and utilizes light and color to bring attention to the makeup of trees and plants. Her beautiful interpretations of branches, leaves, and blossoms take on an X-ray appearance, if X-Rays could be presented in vivid color. In Flame, her luminous diptych, harkens to an autumn afternoon where purple bark adds an ad- ditional intensity to the already radiant leaves. The artists in this show have created methodical and technically skilled processes to de- velop new conceptualizations of environment and nature. As we move further into a digital and technology-heavy existence, our surrounding spaces and scenery may also begin to assume new forms and configurations. Both exotic yet familiar, the scenes presented in Light and Life: Contemporary Landscapes bring us into an ever-developing, yet exciting, future.

Light & Life: Contemporary Landscapes will be on display through January 26, 2013. If you have questions about the exhibited work, please contact Glenn Macura of g a macura inc. at 646-369-5462 or [email protected]. Artist Exhibited: David Opdyke

From right to left: David Opdyke Jackie Battenfield, David Opdyke

Jackie Battenfield From Right to Left: Kathleen J. Graves, Vicki DaSilva

Vicki Dasilva Jackie Battenfield

Jackie Battenfield is an artist known for her luminously colored paintings and prints of natural forces. She is fascinated by the most abstract qualities of landscape–storms, clouds, brushfires, and water ripples. A sur- vey of her graphic works, Moments of Change, opened at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond, October 2009 and traveled to the University of Arizona Museum in Tucson, 2011.

She is represented in several galleries in the United States, and is the recipient of the Pollock-Kras- ner Award (1991) and the Warren Tanner Award (1996). Her work is represented in over 500 collections worldwide including: The New York Public Library, New York; The Zimmerli Art Museum, Mont- clair Art Museum, New Jersey; Palmer Museum, Pennsylvania; Museum of Art at the University of Arizona, Tucson; and the United States Embassy Collections, Brazil, Cambodia, Croatia, Jamaica, and Peru.

Solo Exhibitions Collections 2013 Town & Country: Jackie Battenfield & Deborah Brown, Babson College, Boston, MA Allyn Gallup Gallery, Sarasota, FL Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Princeton, NJ 2012 Field Notes, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C. Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA 2011 Moments of Change, Prints by Jackie Battenfield, Hong Kong Regent Hotel, Hong Kong The University of Arizona Museum of Art Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ Tuscon, AZ New York Public Library, NYC 2009 Moments of Change, Prints by Jackie Battenfield, Osaka Hyatt Hotel, Osaka, Japan Joel & Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Palace Hotel, Beijing, China University of Richmond, Richmond, VA Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA 2006 Shadow Play, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C. Progressive Corporation, OH Sasaki Collection, Tokyo, Japan United States of America, Department of State, Embassy Collections: Group Exhibitions Lima, Peru; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 2012 Light & Life: Contemporary Landscape, Sao Paolo, Brazil; Zaghreb, Croatia 221 East 41 Exhibition Space, NYC University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona ♥+ Art, DM Contemporary, NYC University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA 2011 Awakening, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, N.J. 2008 The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years, International Print Center, NYC Grants/Awards/Honors Uncommon Ground, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, 2011 Fulbright Scholar Program Larchmont, NY 2009 Arts and Architecture Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State 2007 Michelle Mosko Gallery, Denver, CO University 2006 Summer Rotation II, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT 2006-08 Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Lots of Landscapes, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, 2006 Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Sarasota, FL New York Foundation for the Arts – Four Printmakers, Haverford College, Haverford, PA Fiscal Sponsorship for An Artist’s Career Guide Invisible Threads, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY Education 1978 MFA, College of Visual and Performing Arts, 2005 Cool Art/Hot Summer, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Syracuse University, New York Sarasota, FL 1971 BS, Pennsylvania State University, University Park The Color of Night: How Artists Work With Darkness, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NJ g a macura inc. 249 Smith Street #117 Brooklyn, NY 11231 646-369-5462 [email protected]

Works by Jackie Battenfield

1. In Flame 2012 Acrylic on Mylar panel 60 x 80 in.

2. Hungry Teal 2012 Acrylic on Mylar panel 40 x 50 in.

3. Entwine 2011 Acrylic on Dura Lar panel 40 x 60 in. Vicki DaSilva

Vicki DaSilva is a light graffiti and light painting pioneer. She has been making single frame time exposure photographs at night since 1980. Her photographs are created at night, live and on location. These images are made possible through processes of recording that are unique to photography. The execution time varies in duration from minutes to hours per photograph. Her exploration of light graffiti and light painting as a multi-disciplinary, time-based art form anchored in the photographic process continues to push boundaries of intervention art.

Vicki DaSilva’s work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions at Art Basel Miami Beach, Foun- tain Art Fair NYC, Able Fine Art NYC, HP Garcia Gallery NYC, Art Gotham NYC, among many others. In 2011 Reebok commissioned her for their Miami Classic Lite project. Vicki DaSilva is a two time PA Coun- cil on the Arts Fellowship recipient for photography. Her work is in numerous private and public collections.

Solo Exhibitions Awards/Recognition 2012 Art Takes Times Square Electronic Billboards 2012 Art Takes Times Square international competition Solo Architectural Digest Home Design Show, NYC Grand Prize Winner from 35,000 entrees 2011 Reverb, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, 511 W 25th Street, NYC 2008 myartspace.com, Bridge Art Fair Miami competition, Architectural Digest Home Design Show, NYC one of 50 finalists 2008 Speed of Light, Flanders 311, 311 West Martin St. Raleigh, Hasselblad Masters ‘08 Semi-Finalist NC, 2007 myartspace.com, New York, New York 2007 competition, 2006 Fluorescence, Art Gotham, 547 W 27th Street, NYC one of 50 finalists 2005 Allentown Art Museum, Third Place, 29th Annual Juried Group Exhibitions Show 2012 A Virtual Exhibition, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University Art Galleries Collections Fountain Art Fair, NYC Gregg Museum of Art & Design 2011 Independence Day, Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea Concannon Miller CPA Keystone Biennial, Silver Eye Center for Photography Wacker Chemical Corporation 2010-11 Outsight Inn, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ Lehigh Valley Health Network 2010 The Takeover, Art Whino, Art Basel Miami Beach Cedar Crest College Back to New York, HP Garcia Gallery, NYC Numerous private collections Escape from New York, Paterson, NJ 2009 Currents in Contemporary Photography, Bibliography Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC Missy Magazine, Germany, 2011 2008 Refracted Planes: Vicki DaSilva & Mia Yoon, EnvironmentalGraffiti.com feature interview, April 28, 2009 by Karl Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC Fabricius Darkness, Darkness, Boston Convention & FormatMag.com feature interview, October 7, 2008 Exhibition Center Light Art from Artificial Light, ZKM/Museum for Contemporary Art, PHOTOGRAPHY NOW 2008’ Center for Photography, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2006 Woodstock, NY 2007 New Works, Online Gallery, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA The Square Foot Show, Art Gotham, 547 W 27th Street, NYC 2006 Summer Thunder: Photos, Art Gotham, 547 W 27th Street, NYC PhotoImage ‘06, Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia Center for Emerging Visual Artists Group Show, Philadelphia School District Administration Building 2005 Movement, Art Gotham, 547 W 27th Street, NYC 9th Annual Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum 2004-05 In Our Own Backyard, PA Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibit, Lancaster Museum of Art, Main Line Art Center, Erie Art Museum, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, g a macura inc. 249 Smith Street #117 Brooklyn, NY 11231 646-369-5462 [email protected]

Works by Vicki DaSilva

1. Homage to Josef Albers #6 2003 C-print mounted on aluminum 40 x 54 in. Ed.# 5 of 5

2. Light Tartans: Foundtain Park #6 2008 C-print mounted on aluminum 40 x 60 in. Ed.# 1 of 5

3. Roddie's Rock 2012 C-printed mounted on aluminum 30 x 40 in. Ed.# 1 of 5

4. Union Terrace #4 2006 C-print mounted on alumninum 40 x 54 in. Ed.# 2 of 5 Kathleen J. Graves

Kathleen Graves is the author of two current bodies of work that interpret interactions of humans with technology. The series called ‘Bot Dialectics’ are about making Gardens in consultation with Nanobots, who are Futuristic Life Forms. The Bots help direct and value the garden model and the purpose of the garden becomes a nexus of reflection and action. These ‘Bot Dialectics’ are part of the evolving human, to tech, to nature, discussions wherein the Garden is an environment and art form necessary to human survival.

Her other concurrent series ‘Longing For Certain Things’ reflects on the ghosts of medieval within technology. She alters identities and comments on sociological concerns utilizing cy- borgs, artificial intelligence and historical references, particularly the European medieval. Referenc- ing medieval customs and visuality, she brings future technologies into the mix imagining what may happen.

She is an Assistant Professor of Art and the Director of the Advanced Digital Print Studio at New York University.

Exhibitions 2011 Papertails, 80WSE Gallery, New York, NY Alterations Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Home Sweet Home Project Room, Galerie Califia, Prague, Czech Republic Margins Controlling Fake Robot, The Commons Gallery, New York, NY Strauss Institute for Advanced Study of Law and Justice Collection, New York, NY BFI Screenings Programme 3 & 4 of the Peter Campus Screenings (Part 2) London, UK 2009 Longing For Certain Things, Wagner Gallery, NYU, New York, NY Slips of Happiness, Frida Arte Galleria d’arte Contemporanea, Bari, Italy 2008 Havana, Cuba Takasago Gallery, New York, NY One of Something Exhibit Space, NYU, New York, NY 2007 Rome New Years Eve 2006 , NYU, New York, NY Dwellers - Chris and the Dinosaurs, NYU, New York, NY Havana, Cuba, 20 Years In NYU ICP, International Center for Photography, New York, NY 2005 Chris and the Dinosaurs VII International Digital Art Exhibition, Havana, Cuba Digital Works NYIT, New York, NY g a macura inc. 249 Smith Street #117 Brooklyn, NY 11231 646-369-5462 [email protected]

Works by Kathleen J. Graves

1. Garden Bot One 2011 Digital archive print, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Bright White 30 1/2 x 46 in. (framed) Ed. of 8

2. Garden Bot Five 2011 Digital archive print, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Bright White 30 1/2 x 46 in. Ed. of 8

3. Garden Bot Six 2011 Digital archive print, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Bright White 30 1/2 x 46 in. Ed. of 8 David Opdyke

David Opdyke is a draughtsman and sculptor known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Working as an architectural model maker, Opdyke had a political awakening in the early 2000s. Confronted by the horror of September 11th and America’s subsequent wars, Opdyke put his technical background to use, forming critiques of Bush-era ideology. His hyperrealistic topographical models of American suburbs comment on mall culture and suburban sprawl, while his sculptures of ruined monu- ments mock imperialistic hubris. In these works, symbols of power and American exceptionalism, such as an astronaut and the Capitol building, are reduced to crumbling, pathetic miniatures. Opdyke’s work has been exhibited at venues including the Museum of Arts and Design, MoMA PS1, and the Brooklyn Museum.

Solo Exhibitions Group Exhibitions (Cont.) 2012 Accumulated Afterthoughts. Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC 2007 Climate of Concern), David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago IL, 2011 Bit Assemblage. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts at ADAA Art Show, NYC Models as Muse. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA 2009 Land of Plenty. Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit WI Mr. President. University Art Museum, University at Albany, 2008 Manifest Destination. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC Albany NY Plan C. University at Albany Art Museum, Albany NY 2006 National Image. Sherman Gallery at Boston University, Boston MA 2007 Dredge. Roebling Hall, NYC Global. Westport Art Center, Westport CT 2006 Drawings. BravinLee Programs, NYC I Love the ‘Burbs. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY Fabrications. Roebling Hall, NYC 2005 Greater New York 2005. PS1, Queens NY 2004 Aldrich Emerging Artist Award Exhibition, Other America. Exit Art, NYC The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Dating Data. Josee Bienvenu Gallery, NYC American Paradigms. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC 2003 Loose Ends. Roebling Hall, NYC Awards and Residencies 2001 Small World. Roebling Hall, NYC 2011 Yaddo Artist Residency. Saratoga NY Collectors’ Edition, Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC Group Exhibitions 2010 Percent for Art Commission. 2012 Otherworldly. Part of Lille3000. Lille, France (upcoming) New public school: PS163 Bath Beach, Brooklyn 2011 #BWGSummer. Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC Special Editions Residency. Lower East Side Printshop MärklinWorld. Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, the Netherlands Commissioned permanent installation. Niskayuna High School, By the Sea. Cristin Tierney, NYC Niskayuna NY Otherworldly. Museum of Arts and Design, NYC 2009 Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program. New York NY 2010 Drill Baby Drill. Gowanus Edge Curatorial Exchange, Brooklyn NY Yaddo Artist Residency. Saratoga NY Nature of the Beast. HP Garcia Gallery, NYC Special Editions Residency. Lower East Side Printshop Resurrectine. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NYC Ginsberg Family Artist in Residence Award. Beloit College WI 2009 Under Control. Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign IL 2008 Visiting Artist. University of Cincinnati, OH Signs of the Apocalypse and Rapture. Hyde Park Arts Center, 2007 Benefit Mystery Print. Lower East Side Printshop Chicago IL Visiting Artist. Teacher Institute for Contemporary Art, Themes and Variations, On the Use of Repetition in 21st Century School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art, Cristin Tierney 548 W 28, NYC 2005 NYFA Fellowship. Sculpture 2,191 Days and Counting. Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn NY NYFA Prize finalist Your Documents Please. Galeria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia 2008 Art From Anxious Times. The Art Students League of Education New York, NYC 1992 BFA in Painting and Sculpture, University of Cincinnati, Who Gets What: a political show. David Weinberg Gallery, Cincinnati OH Chicago IL Artists and War. North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks ND HereThereEverywhere. Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL New Prints 2008, Winter. International Print Center of New York, NYCcurated by Lawrence Weschler Models as Muse. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA Mr. President. University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany NY g a macura inc. 249 Smith Street #117 Brooklyn, NY 11231 646-369-5462 [email protected]

David Opdyke

1. 0° 18' 55" N 169° 28' 42" W 2011 Plastic, foam, paint, flock, map pins on door 80 x 28 x 12 in.

2. Divergent Distribution Model 2012 Cast urethane plastic, PVC, painted plastic 23 x 34 x 18 in.

3. Opportunistic Infrastructure Extension 2012 Cast urethane plastic, PVC, painted plastic 66 x 29 x 20 in.

4. Alternate Supply Spur 2012 Cast urethane plastic, PVC, painted plastic 15 x 15 x 18 in.