Category: Events

Ever since we hosted Kim Holleman’s Trailer Park for the Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk several years ago, we have been dreaming about working with her again. Part artist, part architect, part engineer, Kim creates environments that engulf the viewer in the most delightful way.  She creates vibrant other-worlds that can occupy any space from a table-top record to a courtyard. The thread through all of Kim’s work is a vision that is superbly clear and execution that is meticulous.

The team at Art Assets is excited to present Kim’s Perfect Perch, a site-specific installation, in the current iteration of The Balcony Project.  With Perfect Perch, Kim has created a living environment –  a nest within which two eggs glimmer – out of  materials that are quite un-alive.  Canvas, cloth and LED sway, glow, rustle and shimmer all through the day and night, just as a bird’s nest would in the forest.

We (Art Assets) have become the mother bird: Tending the eggs, peeking out of the perch at the world beyond and proudly strutting around our precious gifts.

To learn more about Kim, take a look below and visit her website at www.KimHolleman.com.

From the Artist

I am pleased to announce the commission of a site-specific installation for The Balcony Project at Art Assets.

Art Assets is a national art advisory firm that uses art and culture to transform, brand and reposition commercial real estate spaces.

The Balcony Project at Art Assets is a curated, rotating exhibition of artists, chosen to achieve a site-specific installation on the balcony which is located in full open view of the iconic 59th Street Bridge. I share the goal with Art Assets of: “integrating innovative arts programming into alternative spaces”. One of the best views of this project is while driving over the 59th Street Bridge.

The architectural restrictions of the balcony provided a great challenge. I envisioned the balcony as a Perfect Perch for an urban nest – shaded in the sun by a colorful hanging kited wing which moves in the breeze.

By day, the metallic and orange wing takes center stage, but at night the eggs in the nest light up with multicolored lights giving off a warm glow.

For more information on this and other projects please visit www.KimHolleman.com.

On July 11th, Art Assets was delighted to hold the sixth program in our 21 ’til 21 Salon Series at Chesterwood, the country home, studio and gardens of America’s foremost sculptor of public monuments, Daniel Chester French.  Guests were treated to an evening tour through the gardens to view the annual outdoor contemporary sculpture exhibition, as well as a tour of French’s studio.

From the Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2013 Press Release:

Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2013, on view June 22 through October 31, is a juried outdoor contemporary sculpture exhibition hosted by Chesterwood, A National Trust Historic Site, on its verdant 122-acre expanse, replete with formal gardens and woodland walks. Chesterwood is the country home and studio of iconic American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) and the site where he did much of the work on his best-known sculpture Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. During French’s 35-year residency at Chesterwood, he worked outdoors on his own monumental sculptures and installed art by his friends along the woodland walks in a tradition that is continued today.

Over 500 emerging and established sculptors have exhibited at Chesterwood since 1978, including well-known artists such as George Rickey, Sol LeWitt, Richard Stankiewicz and Glenda Goodacre, representing one of the earliest venues in this country to showcase large-scale abstract, conceptual and figurative works in an outdoor setting. Chesterwood’s annual sculpture exhibition commemorates French’s distinguished life and career and provides an important showcase for contemporary American sculptors.

Learn more about Chesterwood: chesterwood.org

Art Assets was thrilled to present a series of performances by Sharon Chen Lin at Water Street POPS. Sharon’s interactive pieces explore a return to a time before phones and internet. How do people meet and maintain friendships?

During the week of “Happy Hour,” participants were invited to explore and have fun at an over-size playground for adults. During the week of “Your Wish’s Day,” participants were invited to give their deepest hopes and wishes to the artist. During the week of “Holiday Special” participants collectively celebrated the birthdays of strangers and peers.

For more information about Sharon Chen Lin, you can visit the artist’s website.

This summer, Jacob’s Pillow, the venerable Berkshire dance center, hosted a series of performances by Shantala Shivalingappa. Shantala is a world-renowned performer of Kuchipudi, a style of classical Indian dancing. (Image above: Shantala Shivalingappa in Akasha. Photo: Elian Bachini)

Here is an excerpt of Shantala’s performance at Jacob’s Pillow:

A post-show interview with Shantala and her mother:

Art Assets was delighted to host a brunch for Shantala and her mother following the performance as part of our 21 ’til 21 Salon Series.

Katherine Behar is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York, whose videos, performances, and interactive installations explore issues in contemporary digital culture. Katherine’s work appears at festivals, galleries, performance spaces, screenings and art centers worldwide, in Dresden, Amsterdam, Moscow, Leeds, Rome, Poznan, Mooste, Cluj-Napoca, New York City, Chicago, Miami, and numerous cities throughout the U.S., and is held in private collections. She is Assistant Professor of New Media at Baruch College.

Created for Water Street POPS, Katherine Behar’s Street.s/wall.ing/in is a new site-specific performance about architectural memory and traumas in the urban environment. Dancers will inhabit colored shapes derived from transient urban architectural forms, animating and exploring the exterior of 32 Old Slip in Manhattan’s Wall Street neighborhood. Street.s/wall.ing/in will be performed on August 16 from 5:30-7:30 PM in conjunction with Water Street POPS, curated by Ombretta Agro’ and Art Assets. The project is supported by a residency at LaunchPad in Brooklyn.

Visit the artist’s website: Katherine Behar