Curatorial Statement
The artists in Reduce/Reuse/Re-examine created evocative works of art from materials most of us would throw away or step over in the street. They opened a dialogue between the completed artistic product and its previous life — its history, value or lack of value, and significance to the individual or society. They ennobled these humble materials through their resourceful talents and inspired perspectives. It's easy to lose sight of the fact that recycling is about more than where you place your trash. It's about renewal, and forging links between what is used and will be used again. New objects, products and meaning must result.
Acknowledgements
The Rotunda Gallery is grateful for the generous support of our exhibition and education programs from Astoria Federal, the Sally and Milton Avery Foundation, Bloomberg L.P., Con Edison, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest City Ratner Companies, the William Randolph Hearst Foundations, the Independence Community Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the New York Community Trust, JP Morgan Chase, the Pepsi Cola/Hip-Hop Summit Partnership, the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Verizon, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, as well as numerous individuals.
Programs are made possible in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Brooklyn Delegation to the New York City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
The Rotunda Gallery is a program of BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture
SPECIAL EVENT:
Friday, April 30, 11 am to 3 pm
Artist Murat Musulluoglu created an interactive installation in Columbus Park outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall—a rainbow-hued mosaic of cups of colored water.
Thursday, March 18, 2004 to Saturday, May 8, 2004
Meridith McNeal and Janet Riker, curators
Admission is FREE
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: Thursday, March 18 - 6pm-8pm
Presented in collaboration with Glyndor Gallery at Wave Hill in the Bronx. Glyndor Gallery’s Reduce, Reuse, Reexamine exhibition is on view March 6 to May 31, 2004.