Birth and Accumulations
Birth and Accumulations
by chashama Artist-in-Residence
Florencio Gelabert | www.florenciogelabert.com
January 19 - 30, 2009
chashama 461 Harlem Studios Gallery
461 West 126th Street
New York, NY
Florencio Gelabert is presenting Birth and Accumulations, a project that has been awarded a 2008 Manhattan Community Arts Fund grant by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The exhibition opens on Jan. 19th at 6 p.m. at the Chashama Studios, located at 461 W 126th St., between Morningside and Amsterdam Avenues, in Harlem. The show will be on view daily through Jan. 30, 2009, from Noon to 5pm.
This project was made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (NYC DCA) and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (www.lmcc.net).
by chashama Artist-in-Residence
Florencio Gelabert | www.florenciogelabert.com
January 19 - 30, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION Monday January 19, 6-9pm
Open daily: 12pm - 5pm
FREE and open to the public.
chashama 461 Harlem Studios Gallery
461 West 126th Street
New York, NY
Florencio Gelabert is presenting Birth and Accumulations, a project that has been awarded a 2008 Manhattan Community Arts Fund grant by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The exhibition opens on Jan. 19th at 6 p.m. at the Chashama Studios, located at 461 W 126th St., between Morningside and Amsterdam Avenues, in Harlem. The show will be on view daily through Jan. 30, 2009, from Noon to 5pm.
The works presented illustrate the diverse nature of Gelabert's oeuvre, from sculptures to video installation, in which he addresses themes such as man's relationship with nature and environmental conservation. The exhibition is comprised of three sculptures and a video – Accumulation I (2008-2009), Accumulation II (2008-2009), Ottoland (2008), and Birth (2009).
Accumulations I and II and Ottoland come from a recent series of works, with which the artist combines artificial elements extracted from the real world and his own creations. It is comprised of an imaginary landscape, made of plastic and other non-organic materials that simulate plant life, growing out of a broken wall. In Birth, Gelabert is interested in transcending traditional notions of sculpture by expanding its definition of three-dimensionality into a media video. It consists of a two-minute video loop showing a waterfall and landscape of his own creation with yellow flower petals falling and filling the screen.
Gelabert's work has been exhibited in museums, galleries and public places around the country, in Latin America and in Europe. His most recent works were presented last November at a personal show for the opening of new Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, at Florida International University. His work is also included in several public collections: the Goldberg Collection at Nassau County Museum Roslyn Harbor, NY; MOCA, North Miami, FL; Everhart Museum, Philadelphia; the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach; the Museum of Fine Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Shack Collection in Miami, and The Cisneros Collection in Caracas, Venezuela.
Gelabert is a recognized Cuban-American sculptor of his generation graduated from the San Alejandro National School of Fine Arts and the Instituto Superior de Arte, in Havana, Cuba. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Miami in 1998.
This project was made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (NYC DCA) and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (www.lmcc.net).
