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Chris Pelletiere New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn Heights, NY Collage (From the French: coller, to glue) 1. An artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a picture surface. Websters. The hustle and bustle of urban commuters in transit is captured in PAPER PASSAGES: Collages by Chris Pelletiere, opening May 8, 2007, at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn Heights. The twenty-two works on exhibit through September 3, 2007 depict familiar New York City commuter scenes in overlays of newspaper clippings, bits of colored paper, and photographic images, generating a sense of motion and energy while capturing colorful moments of today's busy travelers. PAPER PASSAGES: Collages by Chris Pelletiere, the first complete presentation of this series of subway collages, was inspired by charcoal sketches executed in the fall of 2003 during the artist's commute from his home in New Jersey to his job at the Museum of Modern Art, in Manhattan. The charcoal renderings slowly evolved over time, as he added bits of newsprint, tissue paper and other printed materials to the drawings. From a distance, the scenes portray commuters walking through turnstiles, standing in groups on platforms, boarding trains and buses and riding escalators. Upon closer inspection these disparate fragments take on new life, as images within images emerge, and scenes evolve or dissolve depending on the visitors' proximity to the artwork. Chris Pelletiere grew up in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn and is best known as a painter, illustrator and cartoonist. His work can be found in many public and private collections including the Museum of Modern Art; The Metropolitan Museum; The Brooklyn Museum of Art; The New York Public Library, and the New York Transit Museum, to name a few. The exhibition, PAPER PASSAGES: Collages by Chris Pelletiere, on view at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn Heights from May 8, 2007 through September 3, 2007, has been supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the New York City Department of cultural Affairs. Electronic images of the collages for media use are available upon request. Public programming offered in conjunction with this exhibition includes: Sunday, June 10 1:30 pm. ATLANTIC AVENUE ARTWALK 2007 Two-for-one admission with your ArtWalk pass. Otherwise, free with paid regular museum admission. Meet painter, illustrator, and cartoonist Chris Pelletiere as he leads a tour of his exhibition and talks about his work Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19 at 1 pm. Roxanne
Robertson Director, Media contact:
Roxanne Robertson TRANSIT COLLAGES Family workshop free with paid museum admission Chris Pelletiere's collages use vibrant color, shape, and texture to depict New Yorkers on the move. Participants will visit his exhibition and then fashion vivid transit scenes of their own. Suggested for ages 5+ For additional information about the museum and its program offerings, hours, and directions please visit www.mta.info/museum or call (718) 694-1600. New
York Transit Museum Comments:
The reception is on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, from 5 - 7 PM. |
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on View: The exhibition runs from May 8 thru Septembert 3, 2007
"Paper Passages: Collages by Chris Pelletiere" opening at the New York Transit Museum on Tuesday, May 8th, is a wonderful collection of images that captures the common place in a routine subway commute, as well as the pulse of the city and its people. This exhibition demonstrates that 'the collage', is historic and contemporary in its presentation and impact on popular culture. The
'collage' as an art form dates back to around 200 BC, with China's
invention of paper. Japanese calligraphers in the 10th century used
collages to illustrate poetry. Pablo Picasso in the early 1900s
used the collage technique in oil paintings. By the 20th century,
collages had become a distinctive part of modern art, creating new
images through the repositioning and recycling of existing paper,
print and photographic images. Today, the 'art of collage' can be
found in paintings, architecture, wood sculptures, digital images,
photomontages, literary montages and television commercials. Collages
have also transcended their early paper origins to become the norm
in popular music, such as in the disco-mixes of the 1970s and today
in rap, hip-hop, and other forms of contemporary electronic music.
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Roxanne Robertson,
Director, New York Transit
Museum Media contact:
Roxanne Robertson PAPER
PASSAGES: ATLANTIC AVENUE ARTWALK 2007 Two-for-one admission with your ArtWalk pass. Otherwise, free with paid regular museum admission. Meet painter, illustrator, and cartoonist Chris Pelletiere as he leads a tour of his exhibition and talks about his work Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19 at 1 pm. |
DIRECTIONS: - Subway -- 2, 3, 4, 5to Borough Hall: M, R to Court Street; A, C, G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street Bus -- - From Manhattan: take the Brooklyn Bridge, proceed straight to Adams Street. Adams will become Boerum Place. Go two blocks to Schermerhorn Street. |
On View: May 8 through September 3, 2007