About this project
Karlis Rekevics is a New York artist. Not simply in the sense that he lives and works in New York. He looks at New York. The city is the primary muse for his long and rich artistic career. Rekevics’ work draws from architecture and the man-made urban landscape of this very specific place and then translates this experience into large-scale drawings and sculpture.
For this first-ever cultural exchange, sponsored by the City of La Havre and Triangle Arts (NYC) the artist proposes to take this New York sensibility and look at a different city that is much-influenced by New York. Karlis is intrigued by the connections between the cities: the maritime history, the architectural and aesthetic characteristics that have inspired generations of artists. He is also interested looking at the differences; teasing out the urban idiosyncrasies that define a place. Through his highly developed visual language, he wants to hold a lens up to both cities and create drawings that reflect similarities and differences. The residency is from October 9-December 23, 2011.
Rekevics creates large-scale drawings and sculptures that are inspired by the urban environment and are then translated through his memory, drawing practice and specific visual language. His works suggest the unlovlier parts of the urban environment, expediently built, unconsidered, usually peripheral, often decaying elements of the city, which we habitually encounter but almost never register. Yet these references are simply Rekevics’ starting point. His real subject is the way memory transforms perception. His sculptures and drawings are rooted in real experience, but it is experience tempered by recollection—changes, fragmented, conflated and reordered—before being translated into an intensely physical metaphorical language.
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For a donation of $100, you'll receive my infinite thanks, and a (approx.) 8 x 11” sketch/drawing in ink or charcoal created during the La Havre Residency.
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For a donation of $1000, you'll receive my infinite thanks, a private studio visit if you live in, or visit the NYC area, a signed catalog and a (approx.) 32 x 50” drawing created during the La Havre Residency.
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For an awesome, super-generous donation of $4500, you'll receive my infinite thanks, a private dinner (cooked my me) and studio visit if you live in, or visit, the NYC area, a signed catalog AND a large-scale drawing, approx. 4 x 6 feet or whatever fits in your life, created during the La Havre Residency.
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Rekevics has created works in many of the major institutions in New York City, including the Whitney Museum, The SculptureCenter, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, as well as Dartmouth College, Sculpture Key West in Florida and more. He has participated in residencies at Art OMI, Triangle International Workshop at the World Trade Center, Triangle Residency in Dumbo, Vermont Studio Center, and more. His works have been reviewed in the New York Times, Sculpture magazine (cover Aug 2007), Art in America, Hopkins Review, New York Sun, Exit Express, and Art Review among others.
