Adventures in the Arts
Shades of Light and Dark
In the month of April, 2007, the La Plaza Cultural Garden in the East Village of NYC hosted Shades of Light and Dark, an art exhibition. The 8 artists pictured here came together to transform the garden with their work.
The garden was also the last stop on a walking garden tour, a part of the National Gardening Month activities, sponsored every year by the New York City Department of Parks.
The Shades of Light and Dark art exhibition, featured a diverse group of artists. Mr. Chi Chui Lee created a piece made from a desk salvaged from the street minutes away from the exhibition. The work spoke very softly in its location under the garden gazebo, and referred to his humble beginnings in Hong Kong, were he lived before emigrating to the States.
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Throughout the garden, Alexandra Zevin hung her sugar eggs, molded with raw sugar. During the day, the eggs shone a crisp white in the garden, and at night they light up the space with an warm luminescent glow. Inside the eggs were carefully collaged scenes. This group of eggs representing the first stage of a series.
Other artist contributions included african art sculptures, a video piece inspired by the eggs, and an interactive installation made of cement slabs with grass cutouts.
The show opened on April 28th, 2007. |
