About the exhibition
The James Gallery will be closed on Wednesday February 12, 2025
Artist Gallery Talk with Mary Mattingly: Thursday March 13, 6pm
This exhibition of new artwork is a living archive of the physical--geological and bodily--experiences and processes of water in our local watershed and waterways.
Mary Mattingly builds sculptural ecosystems that prioritize access to food, shelter, and clean water, resulting in large-scale participatory projects around the world. In 2016, Her floating sculpture and edible landscape on a barge in New York, Swale, depended upon water common law and inspired NYC Parks to establish their first public "Foodway." Mattingly’s artwork has been exhibited at institutions including Storm King Art Center, the International Center of Photography, Seoul Art Center, the Brooklyn Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Barbican Art Gallery, and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana. Notable grants include the Guggenheim Foundation Grant, the James L. Knight Foundation, the Harpo Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Jerome Foundation. It has been featured in various documentaries and publications, including Art21 and The New York Times.
Invited artists Chloe Smolarski and Tasha Darbes contribute their project When Home Leaves You: Archiving Living Memories of Climate Change, an opportunity for visitors to the exhibition to hear and offer their stories of experiences with climate change.
Curated by James Gallery Curator/Head Katherine Carl, Ph.D.
Installation: LanningSmith
Print design: Yve Ludwig
Materials: Deidre Hoguet
When Home Leaves You Credits:
Sound Design: Sasha Bowers
Lead Creative Technologist: Josh Corn
Creative Technologist: Zacha Del Rosario
Creative Technologist: Gabriel A. Aguilar
Consultant: Irit Dekel
Web Consultant: Marco Battistella
James Gallery Student Fellows: Jessica Applebaum, Busra Unluonen, Carlos Burgos, Kyle Canter, Danielle Johnson, Joe Konieczny, Tatiana Marcel, Alice Matthews, Vinit Vyas.
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Thanks to James Family Charitable Trust; Robert Mann Gallery; Ph.D. Programs in Art History and Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Practice CUNY; New Media Lab; and DesignTex/Steelcase.
