Tang Museum's Ian Berry tackles
Tang Museum curator Ian Berry was recently tapped for an unusual assignment - outfit a mobile home that had been plopped down in New York City with an eclectic collection of art from upstate New York artists. Titled The Other End of the Line, the installation was the idea of artist and woodworker Francis Cape, who arranged for a previously occupied house trailer to be hauled from upstate Sullivan County to the High Line, the former elevated train line - now a public park - located on Manhattan's West Side. The trailer was placed below the train tracks on Gansevoort Plaza, at the corner of Gansevoort and Washington Streets. Cape recruited Berry to stock the trailer with artwork as an installation for the public. The show has just closed, but the buzz is still going strong.
As The New Yorker described the installation in its Nov. 23 edition:
FRANCIS CAPE
A mobile home/art gallery is temporarily camped out at the base of the High Line.
Inspired by the park's past life?it elevated freight trains bringing goods into the
city?Cape asked the curator Ian Berry, from Skidmore College, to load the vehicle
with art from upstate. The result is a charming group show with strong work by artists
such as Kenji Fujita, Michael Oatman, and Nancy Shaver and more than a few amusing
juxtapositions (Rebecca Murtaugh's ornamental pendants hang in a dingy bathroom).
The funky feel of the space is a refreshing counterpoint to all the white-cube big-box
stores in Chelsea. Through Nov. 21.
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