"A Fine Line: James Kennedy & Nancy Koenigsberg"
Opened Thursday March 14 and will be on view through Wednesday May 1, 2013
An Artists Walk and Talk will be in the gallery
Sunday April 14, 2013 at 2 pm
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
A Fine Line
Kennedy & Koenigsberg
The Flinn Gallery, sponsored by the Friends of Greenwich Library, will present an exhibition featuring the artworks of Nancy Koenigsberg and James Kennedy, artists who focus on line, shape and form.
An opening reception for “A Fine Line – Kennedy and Koenigsberg” will be held from 6 to 8 pm on Thursday, March 14, on the Library’s second floor.
Nancy Koenigsberg uses textile techniques – weaving, knotting and crochet in her steel and copper wire works. The work is
a synthesis of the natural world and the technological environment. Using the medium of narrow-gauge electrical wire, her wall-hung and free-standing sculptural works form lace-like layers of nets, allowing for transparency, the passage of light and the formation of shadows.
She creates a sense of weightlessness
and luminescence by manipulating the industrial wire, creating delicate textiles that contradict the strength and durability of the metal.
and luminescence by manipulating the industrial wire, creating delicate textiles that contradict the strength and durability of the metal.
A graduate of Goucher College, the
New York City artist later attended the New School for Social Research in fiber art, Skidmore College and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Her work
has been seen over a span of more than
a quarter-century in both solo and invitational shows from New York to Hawaii, from Europe to Asia. Koenigsberg is the co-founder, president emeritus,
and program director of the Textile Study Group of New York, and is represented
in the public collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts
New York City artist later attended the New School for Social Research in fiber art, Skidmore College and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Her work
has been seen over a span of more than
a quarter-century in both solo and invitational shows from New York to Hawaii, from Europe to Asia. Koenigsberg is the co-founder, president emeritus,
and program director of the Textile Study Group of New York, and is represented
in the public collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts
in Houston and the Museum of Arts and Design as well as private collections.
Born in County Down in Northern Ireland, James Kennedy has lived in the U.S. for the past nine years, working in Long Island City at the Surface Library Atelier + Gallery he co-founded with ceramist, Bob Bachler. Educated in
the UK and Ireland, Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Royal Scottish Academy and post-graduate degrees in architectural design and choreography.
Over the last decade, the work of the award-winning Kennedy has been featured in both solo and group shows, from Art Basel Miami to the Royal Dublin Society. The work of this alchemist and master craftsman places shapes and forms within landscapes and their various abstractions. At the same time, he explores the linguistics of music, mathematics, dance and architecture in his personal language of form and color.
The show will run from March 14 to May 1, and may be enjoyed Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, with extended hours to 8 pm on Thursday and from 1 to 5 pm on Sundays.
In addition, the gallery will present an ARTIST'S TALK with James Kennedy and Nancy Koenigsberg on Sunday, April 14, at 2 pm.
Artworks will be available for sale, with a portion going to the Friends of Greenwich Library.
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