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Virginia Overton
Exhibition
Virginia Overton. Sculpture Gardens
10 Jun 2016 – 7 Jun 2016
Regular hours
- Monday
- 10:30 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 10:30 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:30 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:30 – 22:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Address
- 99 Gansevoort Street
- New York
New York - NY 10014
- United States
For the second commissioned project on the Whitney’s fifth-floor terrace, artist Virginia Overton explores the contrast between the concepts of the "sculpture garden" as a cultivated setting for contemplating artworks and the "garden sculpture" as a vernacular ornamental object.
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Taking inspiration from the Museum's windy rooftop site, situated between the High Line and the Hudson River, Overton will install two towering windmills pumping air to multiple ponds planted with a variety of aquatic flowers and greenery.
In two adjacent galleries, Overton choreographs a series of encounters between her work and the Whitney’s architecture, highlighting the building’s relationship to the outdoors. A wallpapered image of the American Southwest visually expands one of the spaces, while the other features a group of abstract sculptures crafted from industrial and natural materials, some salvaged from the artist’s family farm. These sculptures transform the room into a kind of interior garden, a counterpoint to both Overton’s open-air installation and the environment beyond.
