EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


Robert de Saint Phalle

 

Momentum, 2006
Aluminum, plastic, fabric, concrete
15 x 10 x 10’
Special Thanks: LMCC, Danielle Swift, Trenton Deurkson, Debra Baxter

This sculpture references the proliferation of the invasive plant called Kudzu. The artist has created a scene in which fake foliage – its unnatural color even more evident as the summer months gave way to a contrasting winter landscape - has overtaken and camouflaged an architectural pedestal and figurative monument.

Born 1978, West Chester, PA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education:
2007 M.F.A. Milton Avery Program, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2001 B.F.A. Cooper Union, New York, NY

Selected exhibitions include:
Scenic Overlook, CCA, Santa Fe, NM (2006)
Flotsam, Guild and Greyshkul Gallery, New York, NY (2006)
Help Your Self, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2006)
Town Meeting, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY (2005)
A Delicate Kinship, HaNNa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2005)
Mothership, Artscape, Baltimore, MD (2005)
People Doing Strange Things with Electricity, CoCA, Seattle, WA (2005)
Terminal Five, Eero Saarinen's Terminal Five at JFK Airport, Queens, NY (2004)
The Block, The Swiss Institute at Gallerie Une, Auvernier, Switzerland (2004)
Lost Horizon, Guild and Greyshkul Gallery, New York, NY (2004)

Residencies and awards:
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Residency, New York, NY (2006)