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Ceci Cole McInturff & Micheline Klagsbrun
Current
Ceci Cole McInturff & Micheline Klagsbrun
Current
- Large and irregular bunches of sealed and painted canvas, wood, grapevine, fur, wings, organic mixed media, flax cord, kozo, yard stakes, steel wire.
- A 145’L x 3-4’W border of organic mixed media surrounding an entire rockface, which itself measures 5-12.5’H x 64’W. This sculptural border will lie attached to the ground surrounding the rockface, and as such rely on nothing but the ground to support its weight, estimated as approximately 20 lbs. total.
- The canvas will be treated to resist moisture, and the organic mixed media materials initially will resist and then gently wear in the elements over months. Nothing should detach, even in winds, being attached to and on the ground. A point of the work is for natural materials to age and wear as they return to the earth over time. Helpful to generally monitor the area in case of hurricane/high winds.
This proposal is for a site-specific sculptural assemblage of natural materials, to surround and embrace a prominent rockface located between the mansion and the river.
The organic materials will be attached together, and then attached to large irregular bunches of painted and treated canvas, with flax cord and thin steel wire non-visibly. All this sculptural border will then be attached to the ground to exactly follow the uneven border all around the rockface.
The canvas will be painted to complement the palette and texture of this powerfully varied rock formation.
No markings upon nor scraping nor perforation or impact of any kind to any rocks will be involved. Yard stakes will be hammered no more than 6” into the ground, and not near any root systems.
Grounding the hillside between Lyndhurst Mansion and the Hudson River, this prominent and broad rockface presents varied colors and surfaces, but throughout suggests the movements of water – surge, swirl, and depth of current. It also itself is a collective organism, as would be protected and embraced by a membrane. Obscuring any part of it would deny an environmental truth and miss an artistic opportunity: Current therefore simply adds context to this strong and durable expanse of nature on historic land, surrounding it with other natural items which reference other living things and potential stories of the river.
Currrent will comprise east and west coast woods and vines, occasional wings, feathers, fur, bones, nests and other organic mixed media which relates to what lives on and around bodies of water. Additionally, forms of organic ephemera suggesting boats, sails and journeys across water also will be nestled in, speaking to generations and migrations across water.
The centerpiece is the rockface itself, and Current is intended to testify to and honor it.
Sculptor Ceci Cole McInturff works in non-traditional combinations of plant and animal material, using a minimalist aesthetic with intimate handwork, often conveying an introspective quality. Her work is meant to honor things no longer living and suggest wisdom in applying nature’s cyclical lessons to human culture.
Her works expand the definition of beauty, demonstrate interconnectedness and linked well-being between species, and can imply sacred within the natural.
Founder/owner of the former 87FLORIDA non-profit exhibit and performance space and a member of the Otis Street Arts Project – both in Washington D.C. – she holds an MFA in Art and Visual Technology from George Mason University; completed two years of MA/Art and the Book study at the Corcoran College of Art+Design; is a former executive with the CBS Television Network; and the mother of two sons.
She has shown work in U.S. galleries and universities on both coasts, most recently at the NARS Foundation, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, and Hudson Valley MoCA.
Memberships: International Sculpture Center, Washington Sculptors Group, Washington Project for the Arts, ArtDC Forum, National Museum for Women in the Arts.
Micheline Klagsbrun is a visual artist whose painting and multi-media work focuses on transformation. She studied in Paris with Alfredo Echeverria and at the Corcoran with Gene Davis and Bill Newman. She has exhibited widely and is in private collections nationally as well as in Europe and the Middle East.
Klagsbrun was born in London, is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, and holds a clinical doctorate in psychology (D.C.P.) from the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.
Former co-chair of the Forum for the Psychoanalytic Study of Film and former editor of its journal “Projections,” her published writings regard film and psychoanalysis.
She is President and co-founder, with her husband Ken Grossinger, of CrossCurrents Foundation (CCF) which as part of its mission sponsors art to promote social justice and to heighten public engagement with key social issues. In addition to CCF, she serves on several boards, including the Phillips Collection (DC), Transformer (DC), and Telluride Arts (CO). Through the Corcoran Outreach program, she served for a number of years as a mentor for inner-city youth.
Solo and group exhibits in Washington D.C. include the Katzen Museum at American University, Arena Stage, gallery plan b, Studio Gallery, Exhibit9 Gallery, Goldman Gallery, the Embassies of Finland and Venezuela, Smith Center for the Healing Arts, Covington and Burling, Adah Rose Gallery, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art; elsewhere, Macy Gallery (New York City), William Ris Gallery (Cape May NJ), MiXX Projects and Gallery 81435 (Telluride CO), Aswan, Egypt and Delhi, India.
Her work is represented by William Ris Gallery (Jamesport NY) and MiXX Atelier (Telluride CO).
Ceci Cole McInturff
87-FLORIDA.clickbooq.com/
Micheline Klagsbrun
www.michelineklagsbrun.com