Brian Tolle "Levittown"
CRG Gallery
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In his first show at CRG, Brian Tolle presents his latest body of work, Levittown. Levittown, a planned housing community in Long Island, New York, was designed and built by Abraham Levitt (Levitt & Sons) between 1947 and 1951 and became the archetype of American suburban life in the years following the Second World War. Tolle's sculptural works in this exhibition take their inspiration from that community.
Tolle has created cast silicone versions of the original Levittown houses. Like the thousands that were mass produced and assembled on blighted farmland sixty years ago, each is structurally identical – literally made from the same mold varying only in color scheme. The rubber houses, without any means of internal support, resemble deflated or melting skins. Meticulously crafted and bearing all the architectural details of the original houses, the effigies occupy the gallery space in different forms, each draped over or suspended by different appropriated objects.
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from February 05, 2009 to March 21, 2009