“Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination" : Part III

“Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination" Curated by Vernita Nemec
A Virtual Show Exhibition
April 21–

Press Release


Carol Quint “NOW”16" H x 4" D x 18 W, Doll arm, cloth doll form, chicken bones, medical face mask, straw bottle protective sleeve, discarded used baby shoes, plastic milk bottle safety caps.$2795.NOW is a cautionary tale to protect our future; a rem…

Carol Quint
“NOW”

16" H x 4" D x 18 W, Doll arm, cloth doll form, chicken bones, medical face mask, straw bottle protective sleeve, discarded used baby shoes, plastic milk bottle safety caps.

$2795.

NOW is a cautionary tale to protect our future; a reminder to shelter in place, wear an N95 mask if you must go out in public and practice social distancing.

 
Elizabeth Rhoads Read "Medusa" 16” x 12” x 13”, Discarded colander, styrofoam head covered in polymer reinforced concrete, fabric scraps. $850. We are strong women and “Medusa” is the symbol of female rage.

Elizabeth Rhoads Read
"Medusa"
16” x 12” x 13”, Discarded colander, styrofoam head covered in polymer reinforced concrete, fabric scraps.
$850.
We are strong women and “Medusa” is the symbol of female rage.

 
Len Rosenfeld “947” (Orange Flap) 30"x 22", Partially stretched canvas/gouache/watercolor/wire/carpet tacks/silk fabric on stretcher.$650.  This work is a rare precursor to Rosenfeld‘s famous “Wire and Can” series from the 1980s-90s. See www.leonard…

Len Rosenfeld
“947” (Orange Flap)
30"x 22", Partially stretched canvas/gouache/watercolor/wire/carpet tacks/silk fabric on
stretcher.

$650.

This work is a rare precursor to Rosenfeld‘s famous “Wire and Can” series from the 1980s-90s. See www.leonardrosenfeld for Len’s story and further details concerning this series.

 
Dani Schuller“Polymer Chains” 19" Round, Upcycled Plastic Bags  $1250.  Polymer Chains and Take-Out are representative of the art that I’ve made with the goal of minimizing what I contribute to landfills and hazardous materials from making their way…

Dani Schuller

“Polymer Chains”
19" Round, Upcycled Plastic Bags
$1250.

Polymer Chains and Take-Out are representative of the art that I’ve made with the goal of minimizing what I contribute to landfills and hazardous materials from making their way to the wildlife in our oceans.

 
Dani Schuller “Take-Out”  30" x 30”, Repurposed tin foil and take-out containers on canvas.  $3275.

Dani Schuller
“Take-Out”
30" x 30”, Repurposed tin foil and take-out containers on canvas.
$3275.

Dani Schuller “Take-Out” (Detail)

Dani Schuller
“Take-Out” (Detail)

 
Kathleen Shanahan “Grit/Graft Roof Remix” 36”x 19”, Mixed Media $350.  I am aiming for the confrontation and happy coexistence of so-called “oppositional” materials, breaking free from the traditional rectangular format.

Kathleen Shanahan
“Grit/Graft Roof Remix”
36”x 19”, Mixed Media
$350.

I am aiming for the confrontation and happy coexistence of so-called “oppositional” materials, breaking free from the traditional rectangular format.

 
Brittany SieversI like the look but the quality has really gone downhill..” 30” x 22” x 14”; Indiana Clay, Wire, Two Ikea Lack Table Legs  $350.This process-based artwork connects humans and the environment through malleable material and an emphasis…

Brittany Sievers

I like the look but the quality has really gone downhill..”
30” x 22” x 14”; Indiana Clay, Wire, Two Ikea Lack Table Legs
$350.

This process-based artwork connects humans and the environment through malleable material and an emphasis on the location the material originates.

 
Kasia SkorynkiewiczEternally Outdated 24” x 18”, 35mm cameras, cement $1000This work questions our throwaway culture and examines the heavy cost of making technological progress too quickly. As we continue to make new "things," other items become ob…

Kasia Skorynkiewicz

Eternally Outdated
24” x 18”, 35mm cameras, cement
$1000

This work questions our throwaway culture and examines the heavy cost of making technological progress too quickly. As we continue to make new "things," other items become obsolete and then trash. By submerging these old 35mm cameras in cement, I'm memorializing their existence and creating a relic of the past.

 
Courtney Weida Untitled/House 5"x 10"x 6", Recycled papers $200.These collaborative pieces drawn and painted by my four-year-old daughter, Imogen, are inspired by the House-Tree-Person psychological assessment - with my embellishments and papercraft…

Courtney Weida
Untitled/House
5"x 10"x 6", Recycled papers
$200.

These collaborative pieces drawn and painted by my four-year-old daughter, Imogen, are inspired by the House-Tree-Person psychological assessment - with my embellishments and papercraft techniques offering a merging of my daughter’s concepts of home, environment, and figure with my own.

 
Helen Zajkowski “SOS (Save Our Seas)” 16.5 “ x 16.5” x 4.5”, Recycled materials: life preserver covered with small plastics such as bottle caps, tape, utensils etc. $2000. My art work addresses the billions of plastic straws that have invaded our oc…

Helen Zajkowski
“SOS (Save Our Seas)”
16.5 “ x 16.5” x 4.5”, Recycled materials: life preserver covered with small plastics such as bottle caps, tape, utensils etc.
$2000.
My art work addresses the billions of plastic straws that have invaded our oceans.

 
Larry Zdeb “Natiel” 15" w x 12" t x 4" d, Mixed media assemblage on a violin case.  $1000. Larry Zdeb has been called the "Master of Found Objects and Personal Mementoes" by the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. He employs found objects and recycled…

Larry Zdeb
“Natiel”
15" w x 12" t x 4" d, Mixed media assemblage on a violin case.
$1000.
Larry Zdeb has been called the "Master of Found Objects and Personal Mementoes" by the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. He employs found objects and recycled paint into an assemblage that appears simple, yet is complicated! Solving the mystery and unpredictability of the work is his motivation! Evoking a reaction by the viewer is his reward! "Less is more and composition is everything!" The simplicity his work is apparent, yet it is an illusion, they have become dream journals!

 
Philip Zuchman ”Bicycle Lady" 13.5” x 8" with pedestal, Bike parts and fishing gear

Philip Zuchman
”Bicycle Lady"
13.5” x 8" with pedestal, Bike parts and fishing gear

“Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination" : Part II

“Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination" Curated by Vernita Nemec
A Virtual Show Exhibition
April 21–

Press Release

Pauline Galiana  “Fantastic 8”  43" x 12" x .5", Hand stitched recycled plastic bags. $1200.  Art is an act of transformation from ubiquitous to the unique; Art is an opportunity for transcendence beyond material.

Pauline Galiana
“Fantastic 8”
43" x 12" x .5", Hand stitched recycled plastic bags.
$1200.

Art is an act of transformation from ubiquitous to the unique; Art is an opportunity for transcendence beyond material.

Pauline Galiana  “Fantastic 8” (detail)

Pauline Galiana
“Fantastic 8” (detail)

 
Alan Gaynor “this will be around after we are all gone”  5' x11" x 12" wide which depends how it is hung It is made of the plastic that hold six packs of beer or soda together. It is held together by plastic tie wraps .  $200.

Alan Gaynor
“this will be around after we are all gone”
5' x11" x 12" wide which depends how it is hung It is made of the plastic that hold six packs of beer or soda together. It is held together by plastic tie wraps .

$200.

Alan Gaynor Details : “this will be around after we are all gone”

Alan Gaynor
Details : “this will be around after we are all gone”

 
Rachel Green “Atlas Spun 13 "h X 10"w X 9"d, Toy truck, cd player, globes

Rachel Green
“Atlas Spun
13 "h X 10"w X 9"d, Toy truck, cd player, globes

 
Fred Gutzeit  “CokeHd 1968-2007” 17" x 16" x 2", Broken coke bottle +street tar +feather, wood. $3000.This broken Coke bottle collage is built of pieces of the everyday world, non-art materials: things we wouldn’t look at for meaning, esthetic or ot…

Fred Gutzeit
“CokeHd 1968-2007”
17" x 16" x 2", Broken coke bottle +street tar +feather, wood.
$3000.

This broken Coke bottle collage is built of pieces of the everyday world, non-art materials: things we wouldn’t look at for meaning, esthetic or otherwise, things we would rather not see, but as archaeologists learn of a culture by its garbage, so this collage is evidence of our society through detritus showing developments which can be seen as results of events in time, transforming time into space, material into metaphor

 
Chris Tucker Haggerty “Moonstruck Mermaid” 11” x 14” (14” x 17” framed), Mixed media. $700.. An overlooked being reaching beyond her familiar milieu.

Chris Tucker Haggerty
“Moonstruck Mermaid”
11” x 14” (14” x 17” framed), Mixed media.
$700..
An overlooked being reaching beyond her familiar milieu.

 
Hannah Ehrlich Haney “Nuance 2” 30" x 12" x 1", Various Fibers $500. Life is filled with hidden or exposed nuances and it is up to the individual to notice or not.

Hannah Ehrlich Haney
“Nuance 2”

30" x 12" x 1", Various Fibers
$500.
Life is filled with hidden or exposed nuances and it is up to the individual to notice or not.

 
Ed Herman  “Self“ 36” x 14” x 20”, Found frame, cover from a scanner, pen sunglasses & wire$1000.Just Playing with a semi Self-portrait.

Ed Herman
“Self“
36” x 14” x 20”, Found frame, cover from a scanner, pen sunglasses & wire

$1000.

Just Playing with a semi Self-portrait.

 
Halona Hilbertz “Ballerina” 15”H x 6W” x 3”D, Plastic, metal, stone. $320. Ballerina doesn't care that she is mainly made up of discarded and made-to-be-discarded materials, like the plastic netting that bundles fruit; she dances, plays and enjoys a…

Halona Hilbertz
“Ballerina”
15”H x 6W” x 3”D, Plastic, metal, stone.
$320.
Ballerina doesn't care that she is mainly made up of discarded and made-to-be-discarded materials, like the plastic netting that bundles fruit; she dances, plays and enjoys all things beautiful.

 
Kazuo Ishikawa “Discarded Wooden Bath Stool” 20” x 15” x 3”, Acrylic, broken wooden stool, branch and wall material for exterior $990.This is a reassembly of the chair I’d been using for years & left in my garden.

Kazuo Ishikawa
“Discarded Wooden Bath Stool”
20” x 15” x 3”, Acrylic, broken wooden stool, branch and wall material for exterior
$990.

This is a reassembly of the chair I’d been using for years & left in my garden.

 
Bernice Sokol Kramer “What's the Use?” 25h” x 20.5w”x 2d”, Cut and Pasted printed papers, ink, white-out, acrylic, frame-paper towel tubes $600.   The title of my piece "What's the Use" - is the artist questioning the meaning of it all?????

Bernice Sokol Kramer
“What's the Use?”
25h” x 20.5w”x 2d”, Cut and Pasted printed papers, ink, white-out, acrylic, frame-paper towel tubes
$600.

The title of my piece "What's the Use" - is the artist questioning the meaning of it all?????

 
Geoffrey Krist “Cloak” 4.5’ x 1.5’ x 1’, Used cigarette butts, plush felt, thread $30,000.

Geoffrey Krist
“Cloak”
4.5’ x 1.5’ x 1’, Used cigarette butts, plush felt, thread
$30,000.

 
Lynne Mayocole and Sam Wiener "Little Blue Critter" 9 inches, Mixed media, found material. $123. Sam and I did him together--we really have different styles but when we work together (and he's the only artist I've ever been able to work with) we som…

Lynne Mayocole and Sam Wiener
"Little Blue Critter"
9 inches, Mixed media, found material.
$123.
Sam and I did him together--we really have different styles but when we work together (and he's the only artist I've ever been able to work with) we some how find a common "groove" effortlessly.

 
Gail Mitchell '“fire tread” 27.5 “ x 11” x 2, Metal, paper, wax rubbing, transfer type, wire, varnish, graphite, and oil crayon on rubber fragment $572. "fire tread" is made up of mostly found objects, even the wax rubbing is of a raised found surfa…

Gail Mitchell
'“fire tread”
27.5 “ x 11” x 2, Metal, paper, wax rubbing, transfer type, wire, varnish, graphite, and oil crayon on rubber fragment
$572.
"fire tread" is made up of mostly found objects, even the wax rubbing is of a raised found surface, the paper, varnish and marks are the only not found parts in the work...all of it together is evidence of the various times and places I discovered them.

 
Vernita N’Cognita "P.S. Remember I Love You" 20"x 30"x 4", Plastic vaccum-formed packaging on foam core$400.

Vernita N’Cognita
"P.S. Remember I Love You"
20"x 30"x 4", Plastic vaccum-formed packaging on foam core

$400.

“Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination" : Part I

“Art of Detritus: Recycling with Imagination"
Curated by Vernita Nemec
A Virtual Show Exhibition
April 21–

Press Release

Denise Adler“Hope is all that is left” 40” x 30” x 1.5”, Mixed media on canvas $2800.Based on the myth of Pandora, Zeus wanted to punish humanity (that’s a longer story)so he matches Pandora a wise, beautiful, kind, generous and above all curious go…

Denise Adler“Hope is all that is left”
40” x 30” x 1.5”, Mixed media on canvas
$2800.

Based on the myth of Pandora, Zeus wanted to punish humanity (that’s a longer story)so he matches Pandora a wise, beautiful, kind, generous and above all curious goddess with Prometheus, Zeus gave the couple a “gift” with instructions never to open it, Pandora’s fate was sealed, she opened the box and all the evils in the world were released, too late, she slammed the lid closed but the only thing left in the box is hope thank you for that. I made this piece in 2016-17 and I hold on to the hope if better things to come.

 
Annaliese Bischoff “Reincarnation 1” 20"x 10"x 12", Plastic bags and plastic packing bubbles $150. First recorded in the mid 19th century, reincarnation refers to a new embodiment. In this work plastic bags and plastic packing bubbles come back as a…

Annaliese Bischoff
“Reincarnation 1”

20"x 10"x 12", Plastic bags and plastic packing bubbles
$150.
First recorded in the mid 19th century, reincarnation refers to a new embodiment. In this work plastic bags and plastic packing bubbles come back as a new superbug, to haunt us eternally. And this larger than life plastic roach-hopper-fly can do just that. It's more than creepy. As our plastic problem evolves, it will not go away without serious superhuman action.

 
Penny Armentrout Brooks  “AZ Blue Whiskers"  About 6" long 10" circumference, Paper Mache and wire

Penny Armentrout Brooks
“AZ Blue Whiskers"

About 6" long 10" circumference, Paper Mache and wire

 
Ellen Burnett “A Misbegotten Guess” 10.75"h x 14"w x 4"d, Mixed Media including glass, grapevines, bleached coral, sea shells, paper, lino, plastic, turquoise, feathers, laser-cut polyester, circuit board. $860.General disenchantments and things sav…

Ellen Burnett
“A Misbegotten Guess”
10.75"h x 14"w x 4"d, Mixed Media including glass, grapevines, bleached coral, sea shells, paper, lino, plastic, turquoise, feathers, laser-cut polyester, circuit board.
$860.

General disenchantments and things saved for ages in hope and sorrow

Ellen Burnett “Mailboxes”  4"h x 10.5"w x 5.25"d, acrylic, paper: junk mail  $900 for the set, $65 ea. (there are 14 of them).

Ellen Burnett
“Mailboxes”

4"h x 10.5"w x 5.25"d, acrylic, paper: junk mail
$900 for the set, $65 ea. (there are 14 of them).

 
Angelyn Chandler  “Folds”  4” x 4” x 2.5”, Pulp paper package  $200.To me, pulp packaging material is architectural in nature; by cutting into and combining these forms, I am able to create new and previously-unimaginable architectures.

Angelyn Chandler
“Folds”
4” x 4” x 2.5”, Pulp paper package
$200.

To me, pulp packaging material is architectural in nature; by cutting into and combining these forms, I am able to create new and previously-unimaginable architectures.

 
Irene Christensen “Regrette Rien" 13 “ x 5” x 4", Found medicine bottle and wooden box and clock, weathered shrunken glove, photo  $500.Edith Piaf is the very symbol of love, sorrow, music. This little work is a tribute to her.

Irene Christensen
“Regrette Rien"

13 “ x 5” x 4", Found medicine bottle and wooden box and clock, weathered shrunken glove, photo
$500.

Edith Piaf is the very symbol of love, sorrow, music. This little work is a tribute to her.

 
Harry Delorme“Blue Plastic River” 21.5” x 31 .5”, Found plastic from Savannah River over acrylic on panel. $1200.

Harry Delorme

“Blue Plastic River”
21.5” x 31 .5”, Found plastic from Savannah River over acrylic on panel.
$1200.

 
May Deviney “Groom” 12.5 ” x 9” x 2”, Avon Bottle Topper, Paintbrush, Gold Ribbon from Candy $125.  This is a found-object piece made from a heavily damaged house paintbrush with an Avon bottle topper of a wedding groom mounted on the handle, with a…

May Deviney
“Groom”
12.5 ” x 9” x 2”, Avon Bottle Topper, Paintbrush, Gold Ribbon from Candy
$125.

This is a found-object piece made from a heavily damaged house paintbrush with an Avon bottle topper of a wedding groom mounted on the handle, with a glittery gold ribbon also decorating the handle. It is about the contrast between a really messy work implement paired with a formal, aloof piece that usually indicates grand culture, referring to persistent cultural conflicts.

 
Katie De Young “Price to Pay” 15” x 12” x 1”, Copper wire, Used inner bicycle tire, red wire $855.An abstract interpretation of people spending copious amounts of money on beauty products and plastic surgeries, because they are influenced by the med…

Katie De Young
“Price to Pay”

15” x 12” x 1”, Copper wire, Used inner bicycle tire, red wire
$855.

An abstract interpretation of people spending copious amounts of money on beauty products and plastic surgeries, because they are influenced by the media's unrealistic beauty standard.

 
Kiffi Diamond “Visiting The City” 16 “x12”, Mixed media $375.A couple from the country taking a city walk: created with rusty bits of found metal.

Kiffi Diamond
“Visiting The City”
16 “x12”, Mixed media
$375.

A couple from the country taking a city walk: created with rusty bits of found metal.

 
Céline Downen “10 Days of Laundry” 26” x 30” x.125”, Fiber Art – felted laundry lint. $200.In 10 Days of Laundry I’ve arranged the byproducts of day-to-day family life, including laundry lint, into, I hope, something beautiful.

Céline Downen
“10 Days of Laundry”

26” x 30” x.125”, Fiber Art – felted laundry lint.
$200.

In 10 Days of Laundry I’ve arranged the byproducts of day-to-day family life, including laundry lint, into, I hope, something beautiful.

 
Emily Eihoffer “Lumpy Print 3” 26" x 24" x 1", Liquid foundation on plastic. $350.

Emily Eihoffer
“Lumpy Print 3”

26" x 24" x 1", Liquid foundation on plastic.
$350.

 
Myrna Minter Forster "Window" 8 3/4" x 12", Acrylic, paper mache, sequins, organza, rope, string, feathers on canvas. $450.

Myrna Minter Forster
"Window"
8 3/4" x 12", Acrylic, paper mache, sequins, organza, rope, string, feathers on canvas.
$450.

"HERSTORY: All That Women Are"

"HERSTORY: All That Women Are"
A Virtual Exhibition
March 17- April 18, 2020

Click Here to see works in the show

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"HERSTORY: All That Women Are"
March 17- April 18, 2020
Opening Reception: Cancelled

 

Kelynn Alder * Deborah Beck * Jenny Belin  * Renee Borkow * Ellen Burnett * Irene Christensen *
May DeViney * Kiffi Diamond *  Michael Drakopoulos * Samantha Dziubek * David Fitzgerald *
Arlene Finger * Elizabeth Ginsberg *  Juliette Gordon * Joshua Greenberg  * Chris Tucker Haggerty *
Yu Huang * Kazuo Ishikawa * Yasmine Iskander * Bernice Sokol Kramer * Angela M. LaMonte * Marco Lando *Gabrielle Lundy * Rosemary Lyons * Lynne Mayocole * Ron Moore * Sai Morikawa *  
Vernita N’Cognita * Stacey Clarfield Newman * Nancy Nicol * Petronia Paley *
Srividya Kannan Ramachandran * Sarah Riley * Susan Sills * Katherine Ellinger Smith *
Fances Vye Wilson * Sharon Wybrants  * 

 

“We have to behave as if everything we do matters”

                                                                                                            Gloria Steinem

Chelsea NY: Viridian Artists is pleased to present an exhibition of outstanding art about women. The show extends from March 17- April 18, 2020.

“Herstory”, the word, came into prominence in the early 70’s when second wave feminists began to fight back regarding the male dominated culture of planet Earth. At that time, to get a credit card or take out a loan a woman would have to bring a man to co-sign.  Some credit cards still charge women a higher interest rate.

Not until the1930’s could women choose professions such as law, but then even with a degree, most could not get a job as a lawyer. Not even Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

During World War Two Rosie the Riveter came into prominence because the men were at war and women had to go out into the work world. But in the 50’s more traditional roles returned for women and wives, bringing them back into housework and motherhood while men went out to work and to “bring home the bacon”. The marriage rate increased, the baby boom brought more then 76 million births and the divorce rate decreased.

In the 60’s though, we women became bored, went back to work and The Pill came into being. But still, even Betty Friedan’s Feminist Mystique and the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) couldn’t give us the equality we demanded though many of us began to reclaim our names rather than carry on with that of our husband.

As recently as 2019 women made but 79 cents in comparison to man’s dollar earned though in 1963, JFK instituted the Equal Pay Act. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research it will be another 40 years before women make as much as men and even longer for women of color.

The gender wage gap is not the only way in which women are still undergoing discrimination. Of more than 5000 public statues in existence in the US, only 200 are of women. During most of history including the 20th century, married women have been the property of their husband with no right to own property or borrow money without their husband co-signing. It wasn’t until 1965 in France that women were given the right to work without their husband’s consent.

It’s interesting that women had far more legal rights in early Egypt & Rome than we did in the 20th century. They could represent themselves in court, own property, free slaves and sue. We can now work the jobs we want, but we also must still often carry the primary burden of the home. The Guerrilla Girls say that at the Met, less than 4% of the artists are women, but 76% of the nudes are female. Pussy Riot faced a 7 year prison sentence for their punk performance at a Russian church, and a woman is yet to become President. So, to honor women, we again resurrect “Herstory”.

 

Due to the COVID19 pandemic our gallery is currently closed. “Herstory” is a virtual show that can be viewed on our website. Please click here to view the works in this show.

For further information please contact Vernita Nemec, Gallery Director at 212-414-4040 or viridianartistsinc@gmail.com

or view the gallery website: www.viridianartists.com