Gowanus Open Studios Marks 30th Edition With Over 100 Sites
The 30th Gowanus Open Studios (GOS) showcased more than 100 venues within Brooklyn's post-industrial landscape. On Saturday, a visitor encountered just a fraction of these locations, where artists honored the canal and its vibrant community amidst ongoing redevelopment. Recurring motifs included plein air works focused on water remediation and illustrations of soon-to-be-gone street corners, highlighting significant changes over the last five years. Elizabeth O'Reilly, a landscape artist based at 543 Union Street since 1992, lamented the shift from industrial decay to luxury developments. Most of the exhibited pieces originated from the late 2000s and early 2010s, aligning with the canal's Superfund designation by the EPA.
Key facts
- Gowanus Open Studios held its 30th edition
- Over 100 sites participated across the Gowanus neighborhood
- A visitor walking six hours on Saturday afternoon covered less than a tenth of the sites
- Elizabeth O'Reilly has kept a studio on the same block as the Union Street Bridge since 1992
- O'Reilly's studio is at 543 Union Street
- Most of O'Reilly's exhibited work dated from the late 2000s and early 2010s
- The Environmental Protection Agency designated the canal a Superfund site
- The canal still floods with raw sewage when it rains
Entities
Artists
- Elizabeth O'Reilly
Institutions
- Gowanus Open Studios
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Hyperallergic
Locations
- Gowanus
- Brooklyn
- New York
- United States
- Union Street
- 543 Union Street
- Union Street Bridge
- Gowanus Canal