“Sensory
Jetty,” an exhibition of suspended sculptures and vellum collages
by Margie Neuhaus, will be on view at Safe-T-Gallery from January
25 to February 24, 2007. This work is inspired by both the natural
shapes and functions of marine life and the surprisingly congruous
shapes found within the human nervous system. Neuhaus’ sculptures
are light, intricate and elegant but at times slightly ominous
with sharp points of twisted metal emerging from the fabric and
long,
tendril-like coated steel wires snaking through fragile clusters
of thin plastic.
With translucent silk, vinyl, vellum and acetate floating in air, the
sculptures create an ethereal, whispering world. Spatially and through
the juxtaposition of the mammoth and the miniature, the works evoke
a fantastic biological kingdom, one embedded in a conceptual matrix
of individuality, sensory reception and transmission, vulnerability
and defiance.
The exhibition will include a site-specific installation of light
bending plexiglass rods, vellum, vinyl and wire utilizing the specific
light
and spatial qualities found at the gallery. “The work,” Neuhaus
writes, “seeks to elicit magical and unsettling feelings of transit
through unfamiliar worlds.”
Margie Neuhaus lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA
from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited at Socrates Sculpture
Park, PS 122 Gallery, and the Islip Art Museum. In 2007 she will have
a site-specific installation in the Sunroom Project Space at Wave Hill
in Riverdale. She has been granted residencies at The MacDowell Colony,
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sculpture Space and Ragdale
Foundation. This will be her first exhibition with Safe-T-Gallery.
The gallery will be host to a number of special events during the run
of this exhibition. There will be a traditional opening reception for
the artist on Thursday, January 25th, to which all are invited. On
February 1st, visit the gallery during “Dumbo First Thursday”,
our monthly neighborhood gathering, held in conjunction with galleries
and shops throughout the Dumbo community. And on Friday Feb. 16,
from 6 to 8 there will be a special reception at the gallery for
members
of the College Art Association, and friends, who will be attending
the CAA annual conference in New York.
