NYAB Event - Marion Wilson "Artificially Free of Nature, New Paintings"

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At Frederieke Taylor Gallery
Media: Painting

The show includes miniature oil paintings on glass slides and lantern glass covers of abandoned or marginalized landscapes. The majority of the paintings focus on the Solvay Waste Beds, 1400 acres of contaminated and sterile land, a superfund site near her home in upstate New York. The artist gained access to the site as an “artist in residence” and worked alongside scientists and environmentalists who are working to remediate the land. Marion Wilson has painted the landscape through four changing seasons. The microscope slides not only refer to the scientific aspect of the project, but emphasize the skill and craftsmanship that it takes to create something so small. They allow the viewer to examine and inspect the paintings, and therefore the site, more closely.
Marion Wilson’s practice consists of working collaboratively with people from different disciplines, frequently on large scale public art projects with limited budgets, recycled materials, and overlooked populations and neighborhoods. All art material the artist chooses to work with is chosen for its conceptual potential as well as its aesthetic value.

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