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Governors Island, organized by Public Art Fund and the Governors
Island Preservation and Education Corporation and presented by Target,
features photographs by Lisa Kereszi and Andrew Moore. These photographs
document Governors Island, the former national military post located in
New York Harbor. Featuring twenty nine color photographs, the exhibition
reveals the architecture, landscape, and hidden spaces of Governors Island.
Lisa Kereszi and Andrew Moore, both New York-based artists, visited Governors
Island several times, photographing the island's indoor and outdoor spaces
from late autumn 2003 to early spring 2004. Their expanded portrait includes
photographs of the historic 18th- and 19th-century military structures,
as well as images of the commissary, houses of worship, bowling alley,
hospital, Burger King restaurant, grade school, and other places that
were once hubs of daily life on Governors Island.
Lisa Kereszi, a Brooklyn-based photographer, was born in 1973 in Chester,
Pennsylvania. She received an MFA from Yale School of Fine Arts in 2000
and is currently on the faculty of the International Center for Photography.
Although the human figure rarely appears in her work, Kereszi's photographs
are just as much about people as they are about places and things: "I
go into a space that has been inhabited and look for the trails and traces
people leave behind," she has said. Like all of her work, Kereszi's photographs
of Governors Island are straightforward, unaltered images, portraying
scenarios just as she finds them. She recently had a solo show at Pierogi
in Williamsburg in 2003; her editorial photographs have appeared in The
New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Nest, wallpaper,
and other publications.
Andrew Moore graduated from Princeton University in 1979, where he is
currently a professor of photography. Moore's nuanced photographs, made
with a large format camera, use architectural form to express the history
of public and private spaces. His photographic series have focused on
the crumbling grandeur of Havana, the dilapidated theaters of Times Square,
and the old asylums on Roosevelt Island. He has recently had solo shows
at Craig Krull in Los Angeles (2004), Jane Jackson Gallery in Atlanta
(2003), and at Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York (2002). Moore was
also the producer and cinematographer for How to Draw a Bunny (2002),
a documentary feature about the artist Ray Johnson, recently released
by Palm Pictures.
Governors Island was organized by Public Art Fund and the Governors
Island Preservation and Education Corporation, in collaboration with the
Municipal Art Society, and presented by Target.
About GIPEC
The Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC) (www.govisland.com)
is responsible for the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations
of 150 acres of Governors Island. (The National Park Service owns and
operates an additional 23 acres of the Island designated last year as
the Governors Island National Monument.) A public corporation of New York
State, GIPEC is overseen by a Board of Directors appointed equally by
the Governor and Mayor of New York.
About the Municipal Art Society
The
Municipal Art Society (www.mas.org) is a private, non-profit membership
organization whose mission is to promote a more livable city. Since 1893,
the Society has worked to enrich the culture, neighborhoods and physical
design of New York City. The MAS advocates for excellence in urban planning,
contemporary architecture, historic preservation and public art.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target
(www.target.com) serves guests at 1,249 stores in 47 states nationwide,
including 13 stores in the New York metropolitan area, by delivering today's
best retail trends at affordable prices. Target Stores, along with its
parent company Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), gives back more than $2
million a week to its local communities through grants and special programs.
The exhibition is on view at the Urban Center Gallery, 457 Madison Avenue
between 50th and 51st Streets. Hours: Monday-Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
11am - 5pm.
Nearest subway: 6 train to 51st Street; E or V train to 53rd Street and
5th Avenue (use Madison Avenue exit); B, D, F & V to Rockefeller Center.
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