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Basha Ruth Nelson
Dancing with the River
Basha Ruth Nelson
Dancing with the River
- Metal, strips of aluminum, stones
- Three sculptures: 24” x 12”; 27” x 22″; 30” x 12”
- Each sculpture may be around 6 to 8 lb. Each sculpture’s frame will be attached to a metal plate base that will sit on the ground. Large rocks will sit on the plate, which will “anchor” the piece. There is no maintenance required.
My installation is inspired by the water and movement of the Hudson River. Look closely, the ripples are the same, the ripples are different. Look closely, the sculptures are the same, the sculptures are different.
Since much of my education and experience has the background of New York City’s skyscrapers, a passion for the vertical shapes my primary artistic direction. Trees, curls from ocean spray, the curves of mountains and waves are my inspirations too from other places I have lived, the Bahamas, New Jersey, Westchester County and Woodstock, New York. All of these are in my heart and form my sense of place. My work is intuitive. Whether sculpture, construction or installation, the hallmark is the creation of unity between form and space in which my pieces live. My sculptures, constructions in paper, stainless steel, aluminium and copper, engage the viewer through surface and scale, looking at ordinary materials in a new way.
I received my Master of Arts Degree from New York University (NYU). Solo exhibitions include: 60 Washington Square East Galleries, Flemington Gallery of the Arts, US Embassy (Nassau, Bahamas), Noho Gallery, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Greene County Council on the Arts, The Desanti Plaza Public Sculpture Project, Manhattanville College, Pritzker Studio & Gallery, The Project Space (New York City), York College, Hudson Valley MOCA (formerly HVCCA), Cunneen Hackett Cultural Center. Group exhibits include: The North Miami Museum and Art Center, Continuum Gallery, Grove House, Norton Museum of Art, Woodstock Historical Society, Akin Museum, Hammond Museum, GoggleWorks Center for The Arts, Unison Arts, Queen City 15, The Trolley Barn. International exhibits: Matinee Art Gallery (Nassau, Bahamas), NY Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum (Copenhagen, Denmark), Florence Biennale, Procidamerica (Italy). I was invited to the 2020 and 2022 edition of the Venice Biennial for Architecture and Sculpture. Public and private collections include: Riverfront Green Park, Peekskill, NY; Hammond Museum; Woodstock Artists Association and Museum; Brooklyn Art Library; Coral Springs Museum of Art; New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Woodstock Historical Society; US Embassy, Nassau, Bahamas. Lorenzo Il Magnifico Sculpture Award from Florence Biennale; Welfred McGibben Award, Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL.