“Since this happened” Studio Events & Previews
After 9/11,
art from the archives
Studio 820
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
6-8:30 PM, Studio Talk: 7PM
Saturday, May 19, 2012
12:00-5PM, Studio Talk: 1PM; 4PM
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
6-8:30 PM, Studio Talk: 7PM
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
6-8:30 PM, Studio Talk: 7PM
SPRING 2012
MEREDITH LUND
In April 2002, as the light returns, the fire is out, my pilgrimage is redeemed from its painful obsession with downtown New York City. I listen to the women who speak to me on paper, “Your lightbulb is incorrect. It does not work. We line your horizon. We bear witness.” Art is agency where none exists. —Meredith Lund
Curated by Susan Stoltz
The Feat of the City are Lost”, © 2002 Meredith Lund
Art is Agency Where None Exists
A witness to 9/11, painter and diarist Meredith Lund created more than a thousand works on paper in which she documents the period from September 11, 2001 to 2004. This Chelsea preview presents more than 230 drawings chosen and installed by Susan Stoltz from archived art never intended for public viewing. This selection will become part of a larger exhibit, “Since this Happened,” conceived to travel.
“Meredith Lund’s densely mounted images almost flicker. Cinematically absorbing —they demand close and silent attention. Navigating images, discordant and sublime, an engaged viewer’s perception is transformed. We participate in a dialogue— unraveling multiple layers of the story; processing feelings and thoughts. Lund is an incessant witness. Her art pushes the boundaries and breaks the constraints of the imposed silence of the postmodern 9/11 era. She gives us permission to reclaim our experience.” — Susan Stoltz