Hudson-Inspired Art, Popping Up All Over
"...In the center’s mezzanine gallery, two Hudson River School works — “The Oxbow,” from 1836, by Thomas Cole, and “Twilight in the Wilderness,” 1860, by Frederic Edwin Church — served as the starting points for Purdy Eaton’s two identically named paintings.
While similar in composition and palette, Ms. Eaton’s images incorporate contemporary references. Her “Oxbow” includes cookie-cutter suburban houses along the shoreline, while on the riverbank in her “Twilight in the Wilderness,” she has added tiny lettering, phrases taken from Bruce Nauman’s 1984 neon “One Hundred Live and Die.”..."
The New York Times
By SUSAN HODARA
Published: October 19, 2012
Peekskill Project V: The New Hudson River School
HVCCA and Venues throughout the City of Peekskill
Opening Weekend
September 29 & 30, 2012
Public Reception
Sunday September 30, 5 - 7pm
Purdy Eaton, The Oxbow, 2008, oil and collage on canvas/panel, 48”x72”
Curators: Anna Adler, Cristina Arnold, Paul Clay, Kerry Cox, Evonne Davis, Marcy B. Freedman, Matthew Leonard, Cheryl McGinnis, Wilfredo Morel, Lise Prown, Alix Sloan, Livia Straus, Lilly Wei, Emma Wilcox
Artists: Justin Allen * Ben Altman * Aranow, Grange & Mondale * Irina Arnaut * ArtCrime * Brandon Ballengée * Thomas Bangsted * Ali Banisadr * Phyllida Barlow * Johanna Barron * Z Behl * Anonda Bell * Katrina Bello * Sergio Benenson * Erik Benson * Huma Bhabha * Andrea Bianconi * Maider Bilbao * Hu Bing * Judith Braun * Mia Brownell * Sean Carroll * Marcy Chevali * Ryan Jennings Clark * Jennifer Cohen * Margaret Cogswell * Diana Cooper * Pepe Coronado & Alex Guerrero * Grayson Cox * Ian Davis * Brian Doyle * Purdy Eaton * Nicole Eisenman * Cara Enteles * Geoff Feder * Carole Feuerman * Chantel Foretich * Marcy B. Freedman * Matt Frieburghaus * Jeffrey Gibson * Greg Haberny * Charles Harlan * Tommy Hartung * Ellen Harvey * Astra Howard * Ran Hwang * Katarina Jerinic * Chris Jordan * Mike Kenney * The Ladies Auxiliary * Virginia Lavado * Lisa Lebofsky * Ryan Lemke * Matthew Leonard * Anya Liftig * Robert Lobe & Kathleen Gilje * LoCurto/Outcault * Tala Madani * Mary Kate Maher * Julie Anne Mann * Nadja Marcin * Armando Marino * Virginia Martinsen * Maureen McCourt & Priscilla Dobler * Charles McGill * Maria Driscoll McMahon * Robin Michals * Alan Michelson * Martha Mysko * Basha Ruth Nelson * Bruce Odland * David Ostro * Brent Owens * Yigal Ozeri * Gene Panczenko * Claudia Passeri * Daniel Phillips * Andy Piedilato * Elisa Pritzker * Andy Ralph * Leon Reid IV * Marko Renec * Corina Reynolds *Asya Reznikov * Daniel Roberts * Camilo Rojas * Jean-Pierre Roy * Brie Ruais * Will Ryman * Christine Sciulli * Nancy Shaver * Arlene Shechet * Shara Shisheboran * Brooke Singer * Skewville * Matthew Slaats * Willie Wayne Smith * Jonathan Stanish * Chad Stayrook * Kate Sterlin * Ian Swanson * Niko Tavernise * Marc Thompson * Joey Varas * Kai Vierstra * Hanna von Goeler * Ouattara Watts * Adrienne Wheeler * Genevieve White * Song Xin * Lin Yan * Lana Yu * Michael Zelehoski * and more
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