PLANT

Artists' Talk

in between at RoCo April 4 - May 17

Title: Artists’ Talk by exhibiting artists Ricky Sears & Malin Abrahamsson
Location: Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Start Time: 1pm
Date: April 4th
End Time: 2pm
Description: Join Artists Ricky Sears and Malin Abrahamsson and Director of Planning at the City of Rochester, Chuck Thomas, for a discussion of the artists’ work and its relationship to specific aspects of Rochester’s landscape. The artist’s current work was significantly influenced the unused parcels of residential land (and the 6″x6″ barriers that surround them). Sears and Abrahamsson encountered these upon arriving in Rochester. This complex yet not often discussed aspect of the Rochester’s landscape will form a starting point for the discussion of their recent work.

As the local expert on abandoned and vacant properties, Chuck Thomas will further inform the discussion with facts and details relating to the unused parcels of residential land in Rochester.

The exhibition in between presents paintings and sculptures by Brooklyn based artists Malin Abrahamsson and Ricky Sears. The works in this exhibition are influenced by the artists’ first encounters with Rochester NY’s landscape. They relate to construction, demolition and the passage of time within complicated urban spaces. A common theme running through this ‘outsider’s portrait’ are the 6”x6” posts that encircle unused and abandoned parcels of urban land in Rochester. In between navigates emptiness and identifies potential in the often ignored corners of our city.

in between runs in conjunction with the PLANT reading room and Sunday coffee hours. PLANT is organized in collaboration with George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and The Metabolic Studio, a direct charitable activity of The Annenberg Foundation.