Cumulus
In this thought-provoking exhibition, the Mexican-born artist will transform the ArtGate Gallery into a laboratory for thought on the joys and challenges emerging from the intertwining of our lives in one global community. The provocative installations, kites, entomological boxes, and paintings of Inverted Sky create a weave of intersecting perspectives: lives of individuals in nature, scientific calculation, commerce and trade, and questions of global ethics.
The pieces of Inverted Sky create a weave of intersecting perspectives: lives of individuals in nature, scientific calculation, commerce, trade and questions of global ethics.
Sky is not falling
The multicultural artist—born and raised in Mexico (with Spanish, French, and German antecedents) and now living in New York— has adopted the butterfly as her motif of artistic expression. Richard Vine writes in the exhibition catalogue “the colorful winged creature, with its multistage life cycle and symbolic association with freedom, is much more than a convenient and charming visual device. It is also, in effect, an emblem for Harrsch’s own artistic life, which in turn parallels a much larger historical process. The butterfly is, in her work, liberation incarnate.”
Born in Mexico City, Erika Harrsch has live and worked in Mexico, Italy, Germany and New York. Her multidisciplinary art practice employs resources that include drawing, painting, photography, video, animation and installations, based on elements in both artificial and natural environments.
Inverted Sky runs through March 31, 2012. See you there!
Opening Reception: 6-8pm
ArtGate Gallery
520 W 27th Street #101, New York, NY
Inverted Sky
US dollar kites
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