Photographs by Corrado Serra for Arts Summary.
“On Site Katonah presents eight site-specific installations created in response to the Katonah Museum of Art’s distinctive physical landscape. With projects boldly immersive and keenly subtle, artists reimagine every facet of the KMA’s location, offering a museum that is at once familiar and strange. The works in the exhibition emply formal ingenuity to transform common materials—such as plastic, rope, artificial lights, mirrors, and paint—to commanding effect. Reflection, geometry, luminosity, and rich visual texture are common threads that emerge in unexpected installations that newly sensitize viewers to the KMA’s site.” — Katonah Museum of Art
Front: Caleb Nussear, Luncheon on the Grass (detail), 2015-2016. Back: Aaron Curry, Ugly Mess, 2013. Painted aluminum. Courtesy of the artist and Michael Werner Gallery, New York and London.
Caleb Nussear, Luncheon on the Grass (detail), Suite of five sculptures, 2015-2016. Courtesy of the artist.
MaDora Frey, #6250, 2016. Acrylic, LED lights, UV ink, marine plywood, gravel. Courtesy of the artist.
Grimanesa Amorós, Light Between the Islands (detail), 2013. LED lighting, diffusion material, silkscreen, custom lighting sequence and electrical hardware. Copyright and courtesy of Grimanesa Amoros Studio.
Grimanesa Amorós, Light Between the Islands, 2013
Grimanesa Amorós, Light Between the Islands, 2013.
Grimanesa Amorós, Light Between the Islands, 2013.
Grimanesa Amorós, Light Between the Islands (detail), 2013.
Jason Peters, Going forth with intention, 2016. Plastic Buckets and LED lighting, and metal scaffolding. Courtesy of the artist.
Jason Peters, Going forth with intention, 2016.
Jason Peters, Going forth with intention, 2016.
Jason Peters, Going forth with intention, 2016.
Keiran Brennan Hinton, Silence as Thick as Water (2), 2016. Oil and acrylic on canvas over panel. Courtesy of the artist.
Caitlin Masley, Neo-habitat (after the modernists). Site-specific installation, 2016. Acrylic, pigment, spray paints, silver leading, whiteout, and fome core. Courtesy of the artist.
Right: Caitlin Masley, Neo-habitat (after the modernists), 2016.
Rachel Mica Weiss, Provisional Structures (After Edward Larrabee Barnes), 2016. Oak and nylon rope.
Rachel Mica Weiss, Provisional Structures (After Edward Larrabee Barnes), 2016. Oak and nylon rope. Courtesy of the artist.
Amy Brener, Pool, 2016. Resin, foil, Plexiglass, and found objects. Courtesy of the artist.
Victoria Fu, Egg, 2016. Inkjet on vinyl mesh over metal scaffolding. Courtesy of the artist, Simon Preston Gallery, and Honor Fraser.
Darsie Alexander, Executive Director of the Katonah Museum of Art, says, “In creating this exhibition, we wanted to think about our entire campus as an extension of our creative energy, giving artists free reign to explore the hills, gardens, and frontage of the KMA as well as making works for the gallery space. Visitors are invited to meander through our spaces, and take in the surprises and discoveries of art everywhere.”