Claire Oliver
513 W 26th St
212.929.5949
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Stephanie Lempert: Fresh Kills Park, Courtesy Claire Oliver Gallery
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Jan 15, 2009 – Feb 19, 2009
Tuesdays–Saturdays (10am–6pm)
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As dense with words as the asteroid belt is with space detritus, Stephanie Lempert's photographs are framed in quotation marks. In her latest series, GeoBiographies, the artist layers line after line of kaleidoscopic type atop picturesque photos of Boston and New York parklands, each a future-aware conversion from city landfill. The telltale text itself is taken from interviews with those who instigated the redevelopment, highlighting the process from salvage site to salvaged space. Reminiscent of the atomized style of the neo-impressionists, Lempert's visually mesmerizing presentations of newfound terra firma include renderings of Dead Horse Bay, Fresh Kills Park, and Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
