| Hybrids
March 1 - May 11, 2003
Sunday,
April 6, Spring Exhibition Reception,
1-4.30 pm
Free Roundtrip Bus available from midtown Manhattan. For reservations,
call 718.549.3200, ext. 248.
Sphinxes,
mermaids, roses and tomatoes, the practice of combining species
goes back to the ancient world and can be seen in Wave Hill’s
lush gardens filled with hybridized plants. This exhibit explores
the fascination with hybrids from mythological, biological
and technological perspectives. Hybrids can exist in the fertile
realm of human imagination and myth where they assume features
from multiple sources, with unlimited opportunity to draw
on the most desirable characteristics. Hybrids can be created
by manipulating and tinkering with nature to advance human
existence. The artists here take open-ended and humanistic
approaches to looking at how hybrids are part of our psyche
and our physical world.
Artists:
Siona Benjamin, Neha Choksi, Elizabeth Cohen, Michael Eade,
Joan Fontcuberta, Leslie Fry, George Gessert, Marina Gutierrez,
David Lefkowitz, Irene Hardwicke Olivieri, Stas Orlovski,
Laura Stein, Eva Sutton, Keith Yurdana
To
begin tour click here.
Principal funding
for the Visual Arts at Wave Hill is provided by the Stephen
and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust. Sustaining support for
Wave Hill is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural
Affairs. Thank you to the artists for creating and lending
their artwork and to Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis,
MN; Bill Maynes Gallery; Mixed Greens and Zabriskie Gallery,
all of New York, NY, and the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers,
NY.
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