Exhibition

Leaf in the Air

February 19, 2015 – April 3, 2015

Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from 6-8pm

/NoHo, New York City – Christian Duvernois Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition with new

works on paper, sculpture, and video by American, Shanghai-based artist Barbara Edelstein, on view from

February 19, 2015 to April 3, 2015.

For this exhibition, Edelstein brings together three groups of works: a series of diptychs, triptychs and

quadtychs that are comprised of photography and ink drawings, silicone rubber leaf sculptures,

and a video.

According to art critic Gloria F. Orenstein, “at this time of planetary eco-crisis, Barbara Edelstein’s art

…inspires us to re-imagine and revisit the Garden. We suddenly realize that we are not only perceiving

the trees and the leaves in their material solidity, but we are also seeing their anima, the invisible dimension

of the life-force that flows through everything…”

Edelstein’s discerning practice of integrating various processes creates seamless discourse and connection

across her individual applications. Her process also fosters an array of contrasts – permanent and impermanent,

East and West, hard and soft, old and new – all of which ultimately impart a sense of quiet reverence

for nature. The work as a whole expresses the importance of integrating nature into our everyday

lives in order to preserve it. “This series,” Edelstein states, “is a conversation between my inner reflections

on Nature and the details of Nature that we rarely perceive… Created with different artistic media, these

artworks form a poetic dialog between themselves for the viewer to contemplate.”

Edelstein’s discerning practice of integrating various processes creates seamless discourse and connection

across her individual applications. Her process also fosters an array of contrasts – permanent and impermanent,

East and West, hard and soft, old and new – all of which ultimately impart a sense of quiet reverence

for nature. The work as a whole expresses the importance of integrating nature into our everyday

lives in order to preserve it. “This series,” Edelstein states, “is a conversation between my inner reflections

on Nature and the details of Nature that we rarely perceive… Created with different artistic media, these

artworks form a poetic dialog between themselves for the viewer to contemplate.”

View the Review in Sculpture Magazine