Sunroom Project Space 2019
Wave Hill commissions a diverse group of emerging New York-area artists to create a new body of work or site-specific project for a solo exhibition in the Sunroom Project Space. The Sunroom provides an engaging setting for artists to contemplate, explore and ultimately transform the gallery using various materials and techniques. The seven 2019 artists represent a variety of approaches, including projects that relate to Wave Hill’s grounds, history and architecture. They engage with the community by working with participants in our public education programs, and investigate the history of horticulture and botany in unique ways.
Rachel Sydlowski
April 14–May 27
Parlor in the Wilderness comprises layers of historical wallpaper that serve as background for complex, screen-print collages of flora and fauna, architectural details and decorative motifs from Wave Hill, Inwood Hill Park and other surrounding green spaces in New York.
Amir Hariri
June 2–July 14
Fracturing Half Moon features the visceral and formal qualities of decay as a way to communicate history, memory and experience of particular sites.
Geoffrey Owen Miller
June 2–July 14
Dreams of our Future Nature is a subtly moving tableau of flora and fauna out of clear plastic that is suspended upside down over a black mirrored surface. Peering down, visitors experience the reflections as something otherworldly and vibrant.
Riad Miah
July 21–September 2
Waves of Light—Entwined Through the Tendrils of Time traces light throughout the calendar year to portray a sense of time, with each piece representing a single month.
Kate Bae
July 21–September 2
Possible, Between and Together comprises flowers—created from acrylic paint—that drape from the ceiling and accumulate into a wishing well made by Bae, into which visitors are invited to reflect or float paper origami boats.
Duy Hoàng
September 15–October 27
Interarboreal explores topics of migration, scientific and natural histories, the potential of growth and inevitability of decay through themes of home, preservation, memory and survival.
Emily Oliveira
September 15–October 27
Mundo Irrealis (Wish You Were Here) uses large-scale textile pieces, sculpture, and video to transform the Sunroom into a devotional space for a de-colonial, queer utopia.