Old and New

Old and New (February 4 - 21, 2010)
an exhibit installation by Courtney Puckett
chashama Window Space, 266 West 37th Street
www.cpuckett.com
courtneygpuckett@gmail.com
Old and New is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts chashama Window Space, 266 West 37th Street

between 7th and 8th Avenues, A/C/E/1/2/3 to 34th Street, N/R/Q/W/7/shuttle to Times Square; M16, M34 buses to 8th Ave, M10, M20 to 36th St.

Old and New
by Courtney Puckett

February 4 - 21, 2010
Viewable from the street 10 to 6p daily

Opening reception: February 5th, 6-9p
Closing reception: February 19th, 6-9p

Open to the public: Saturdays, February 6th and February 13th, 12 - 6p

http://www.cpuckett.com/ | courtneygpuckett@gmail.com

Old and New is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. details On the Andean island in Lake Titicaca, residents weave houses and public buildings out of lake reed. This month at chashama's 266 window gallery, Courtney Puckett creates another world of public and private space weaving, stitching, wrapping, and knotting sculptures from what she finds scouring thrift stores and the closets of friends-old clothes, used towels, bed sheets-the lake reed of Brooklyn.

Bookending Fashion Week and located in the garment district among the window displays of colors, patterns, and textures, Puckett's installation speaks to a historic use of unconventional materials, craft techniques typically associated with women's work, and the more recent challenge to the definition of sculpture. Puckett's world is full of curious creatures and objects reminiscent of function but inevitably abstract relics, much like the process-oriented abstractions of Eva Hess or the whimsical objects of Claus Oldenburg. about Old and New Courtney Puckett, born in Winter Park, Florida, received a BFA in Painting in 2002 from Maryland Institute College of Art and attended the Center for Art and Culture in Aix-en-Provence, France. After attending University of New Mexico for a year, she received a MFA from Hunter College in 2007 and attended the Glasgow School of Art. Courtney has been an Artist-In-Residence at Vermont Studio Center and at Buffalo National River in Arkansas. Recently, Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Denise Bibro's Platform Space in New York, Metaphor Contemporary Art in Brooklyn, D.U.M.B.O Art Center's Art Under the Bridge Festival in Brooklyn and at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. In 2008, She curated the exhibition Yellow in Chelsea, New York. In 2010 Courtney will have solo exhibitions at Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn and at Valencia Community College in Florida. bio