Black Gold at Bronx River Art Center
Abigail DeVille, ORIGINAL GANGSTAS, 2008, mixed-media collage, 12 × 20 feet
The Bronx River Art Center‘s new exhibit features work by Staten Island-based artist Tattfoo Tan and Bronx-based artist Abigail DeVille. The show is called Black Gold, a term that’s often used to describe compost, and the work–painting, sculpture, installation–circles around issues concerning the natural environment. From the curatorial text:
From glorified connections to oil drilling, to re-branded forms of jewelry, and even political forms of corruption, this ominous term allows Malaysian-born artist Tattfoo Tan and Bronx artist Abigail DeVille to bilaterally coalesce around themes of urbanity and nature, decay and environmental stewardship, and loss and congregation, to name a few.
The opening reception is this Friday, July 24, 6-9 pm, and the show runs through September 12. Admission is free.
