Woodstock, NY - The Woodstock Artist Association & Museum will present its first solo show of 2009 with "Findings from the ArTchaeological Museum" - 25 mixed media “artifacts’ by Dina Bursztyn - on March 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. The interdisciplinary exhibition will continue through March 29.
Dina Bursztyn who lives in Catskill, NY and New York City is a highly regarded sculptor. In this new, provocative demonstration of her talents, she has created art that playfully mimics the appearance and language of old anthroplogical objects usually on view in museums.
Among them is a necklace lost by Neptune after leaving a party, (he was in drag); Pandora's lock; a Hemingway Tangle from Cuba, and a scissor "who cut the world free".
Included in the series is a group of artifacts that refer particularly to the history of the Hudson Valley and the Catskills, such as a fork once owned by Thomas Cole, and the remains of a straw hat that Frederic Church wore in Mexico.
The artifacts to be seen intersect facts with fiction, the sacred with the mundane, data with folklore, humor with old myths. They make references to mythology, ethnology, geology, theology, art and literary history among other disciplines. Like much of Bursztyn's work, the intent is to write in between the lines, to challenge established cultural perceptions and notions that people take for granted.
Her prior achievements include creating "Gargoyles to Scare Developers" on commission for buildings in New York City; commissions by the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Arts for Transit Program, New York City’s Percent for Arts Program, and the Public Art Fund among others.
A native of Argentina, Dina Bursztyn has shown her work nationally and internationally, including Maxell Fine Arts, Neuberger Art Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Dia Art Foundation, Art in General, ArtistSpace, Oaxaca Instituto de Artes Graficas, and Canada National Library, Ottawa.
Since 2004 she has co-owned with partner Julie Chase , “Open Studio”, an art gallery at 402 Main Street, Catskill, in the heart of the community’s arts district.
The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum is located at 28 Tinker Street, Route 212. Regular association hours are from Noon to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, from Noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
For more exhibit information, call (845) 679-2940. Web: www.woodstockart.org For information about “Open Studio”, call (518) 943-0180. Web: www.potatospirit.com
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