© 2009 Dana Miller
Broadway gallery and World Art Media presents
THE URBAN GARDEN
Curated by Jade Doskow
March 1-15, 2009
Broadway Gallery is pleased to announce the group exhibition The Urban Garden, which will open on Sunday, March 1st, and close on Sunday, March 15th, with a reception for the artists on Thursday, March 5th from 6-8 p.m.
The artists featured in The Urban Garden include:
Cynthia Bittenfield
Sarah Chachich
Kirsten Kay Thoen
Tom Lee
Julia Mandle Performance
Jake Messing
Dana Miller
Lori Nelson
Flash Rosenberg
Matthew Schenning
Laurie Sermos
Bedel Tiscareno
Ernest Concepcion & Mike Estabrook
Lambert Fernando & Tommy Mishima
In this exciting group show, 15 artists—-both solo and collaborative—-explore the complex notions involved when nature and urbanity meet head-on and collide. Using a variety of media, from photography to painting to conceptual installation to drawing to video, these artists all consider this seeming paradox from within their own lives as city dwellers.
While Frederick Law Olmstead helped create city parks in the 19th century, contemporary times have called for more earth-conscious ways of considering nature from within the urban environment besides the contained oasis of a public green space. Whether it’s a houseplant straining against a window, the tiny concrete yard of a Brooklyn townhouse, or the chaotic overgrowth of the textures of the city—-pipes, wires, people, buildings—-the idea of green and gardening has never been more prevalent in the collective consciousness.
