Ruth Hardinger's Sculpture Installation 'The Basement Rocks' at Long Island University
Ruth Hardinger's sculpture installation 'The Basement Rocks' is on view at the Humanities Gallery in Long Island University's Brooklyn campus through May 15, 2015. The work merges ecological activism with Mesoamerican creation myths and historical sculptural investigations, achieving a unified expression. Hardinger describes it as an artistic homage to unseen vitality, not an illustration. The installation shares the campus with Barbara Yoshida's survey of portrait photographs of women artists. Influences cited include Doris Salcedo's melancholy, Barbara Hepworth's archetypal resonance, Joseph Beuys's moral weight, Magdalena Abakanowicz's drama, and Eva Hesse's material probing. The gallery is a fish-bowl space in a frequently traversed lobby. The exhibition was an ARTCRITICAL PICK in April 2015. Robert Lowell provided photography for the event.
Key facts
- Ruth Hardinger created 'The Basement Rocks' sculpture installation
- The exhibition is at Long Island University's Humanities Gallery in Brooklyn
- It runs through May 15, 2015
- The work combines ecological activism and Mesoamerican creation myths
- Hardinger cites influences from Doris Salcedo, Barbara Hepworth, Joseph Beuys, Magdalena Abakanowicz, and Eva Hesse
- The gallery is a fish-bowl space in a campus lobby
- Barbara Yoshida's portrait photographs of women artists are also on campus
- The exhibition was an ARTCRITICAL PICK in April 2015
Entities
Artists
- Ruth Hardinger
- Barbara Yoshida
- Doris Salcedo
- Barbara Hepworth
- Joseph Beuys
- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Eva Hesse
- Robert Lowell
Institutions
- Long Island University
- Humanities Gallery
- ARTCRITICAL
Locations
- Brooklyn
- United States