As a recipient of the 2007 Emerging Artist Fellowship from Socrates Sculpture Park, Rachel Owens created Groundswell, a piece that both remembers the site’s history as a landfill and illegal dumping grounds as well as addresses larger issues of failed cultural conditions, waste and our mysterious underground infrastructure. Massive underground plumbing pipes erupt from beneath the soil and sprout into a tree-like structure whose limbs spout water, creating a fountain that dumps into an oil drum below. Perched dejectedly above is a monumental black rubber raven. (Text source: http://www.ziehersmith.com).
Eric-Paul Riege and Prospect New Orleans
For Prospect.5, Eric-Paul Riege will show a 20x20’ installation of weavings, regalia, oversized beads, and a new body of sculpture he has developed for this presentation. The entire installation hangs from the ceiling, hovering just above the ground. The sculptures...
