Apr 19, 2018
Sonya Blesofsky, 2016
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Sonya Blesofsky, 2016
Transmitter loved stopping by Present Company to see Ambient Occlusion featuring Clive Murphy, Zachary Norman and Sonya Blesofsky.
(via CURRENT - Present Company)
Sonya Blesofsky
New Work, 2009
Artists statement:
“The installation I created at Gallery Diet consisted of everyday architectural details crafted in white vellum. Drawing from the gallery’s immediate surroundings, the installation addressed the ways in which people and businesses in Wynwood build structures to protect themselves and secure their possessions. I wanted to point out how we tend to overlook vital and unusual elements that make up the urban environment. The installation consisted of barbed wire atop chain-link fence, a front door gate mimicking the gallery's front gate, a tangle of electrical cables sprouting from a column, a caged and locked surveillance camera, cinderblocks, wooden palettes, and the ruin of a scaffold that had collapsed. Each element of this ghostly installation was life-sized, and made entirely of paper, glue and tape. With this project I addressed the area's urban revitalization, drawing subtle attention to the dialectic of decaying urbania and newly built structures in Wynwood –a place where new condos and lofts are being built but not sold, warehouses are left to fall apart, lots lie vacant, and latent construction materials wait to be utilized.”
“Eventual destruction becomes all the more inevitable.” Images from "Homemade Memorials," a project for Triple Canopy by Sonya Blesofsky.
Blesofsky encouraged viewers to contribute images of buildings they considered to be in danger of being desecrated, destroyed, or in any way lost or forgotten. Works are based on images and descriptions submitted by readers, made from materials within immediate reach at Blesofsky's home.
Images: 39 Manton, BQE Building, North Brooklyn, Forest Hills Stadium, St. Louis Freight Depot, 18 Beaver St.
Study for TriBeCa Fire Escape 2007 Black masking tape, string, glue.
Sonya Blesofsky - Study for TriBeCa Fire Escape