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Orly Genger: Red, Yellow and Blue

Orly Genger 5
Past Exhibition

Orly Genger: Red, Yellow and Blue

May 2 – September 8, 2013
Past Exhibition

Orly Genger: Red, Yellow and Blue

May 2 – September 8, 2013
Orly Genger 5

Red, Yellow and Blue, featuring Orly Genger’s use of intricately hand-knotted nautical lobster rope covered in paint, transforms three of the park’s lush lawns into colorfully-lined chambers.  Each distinct undulating structure — one red, one yellow, one blue — of layered rope is shaped on-site by the artist. She redefines the landscape of the park, creating interactive environments to invite visitors to explore both exposed and hidden spaces. The project is made from 1.4 million feet of rope, equating to nearly 20 times the length of Manhattan, covered in over 3,500 gallons of paint, and weighing over 100,000 pounds. Red, Yellow and Blue employs repurposed rope collected from hundreds of miles up and down the Eastern seaboard, bringing elements of the coastline to the urban setting of Madison Square Park. The title refers to the Abstract Expressionist Barnett Newman’s series of paintings from the late 1960s, Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?  While Genger’s work also summons the minimalist sculpture of Richard Serra and Frank Stella, it amplifies the creative and material traditions of weaving, fiber, and textile artists Sheila Hicks and Lenore Tawney. Genger’s independent contemporary aesthetic emerges outdoors.

  • About the artist
    Orly Genger (American, b.1979) was born in New York and works in Brooklyn and Israel. She received a BA from Brown University (2001) and an MFA from  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2002).

    She has served as a guest lecturer/visiting artist at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan; MassArt; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. In 2011, she received Rappaport Prize at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Genger’s works are included in the collections of Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Indianapolis Museum of Art; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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  • About the artist
    Orly Genger (American, b.1979) was born in New York and works in Brooklyn and Israel. She received a BA from Brown University (2001) and an MFA from  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2002).

    She has served as a guest lecturer/visiting artist at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan; MassArt; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. In 2011, she received Rappaport Prize at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Genger’s works are included in the collections of Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Indianapolis Museum of Art; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Red, Yellow and Blue, featuring Orly Genger’s use of intricately hand-knotted nautical lobster rope covered in paint, transforms three of the park’s lush lawns into colorfully-lined chambers.  Each distinct undulating structure — one red, one yellow, one blue — of layered rope is shaped on-site by the artist. She redefines the landscape of the park, creating interactive environments to invite visitors to explore both exposed and hidden spaces. The project is made from 1.4 million feet of rope, equating to nearly 20 times the length of Manhattan, covered in over 3,500 gallons of paint, and weighing over 100,000 pounds. Red, Yellow and Blue employs repurposed rope collected from hundreds of miles up and down the Eastern seaboard, bringing elements of the coastline to the urban setting of Madison Square Park. The title refers to the Abstract Expressionist Barnett Newman’s series of paintings from the late 1960s, Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?  While Genger’s work also summons the minimalist sculpture of Richard Serra and Frank Stella, it amplifies the creative and material traditions of weaving, fiber, and textile artists Sheila Hicks and Lenore Tawney. Genger’s independent contemporary aesthetic emerges outdoors.

  • About the artist
    Orly Genger (American, b.1979) was born in New York and works in Brooklyn and Israel. She received a BA from Brown University (2001) and an MFA from  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2002).

    She has served as a guest lecturer/visiting artist at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan; MassArt; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. In 2011, she received Rappaport Prize at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Genger’s works are included in the collections of Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Indianapolis Museum of Art; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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  • Exhibition Catalogue
    Orly Genger: Red, Yellow and Blue
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  • Press Release
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  • About the artist
    Orly Genger (American, b.1979) was born in New York and works in Brooklyn and Israel. She received a BA from Brown University (2001) and an MFA from  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2002).

    She has served as a guest lecturer/visiting artist at Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan; MassArt; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. In 2011, she received Rappaport Prize at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Genger’s works are included in the collections of Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Indianapolis Museum of Art; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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  • Photo: James Ewing
  • Photo: James Ewing
  • Photo: James Ewing
  • Photo: James Ewing
  • Photo: James Ewing
  • Photo: James Ewing
  • Photo: James Ewing
Exhibition Support

Major support for the art program is provided by the Charina Endowment Fund, Liane Ginsberg, Agnes Gund, Toby Devan Lewis, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Sorgente Group of America, Tiffany & Co., and Anonymous. Substantial support is provided by the Irving Harris Foundation, The Sol LeWitt Fund for Artist Work, the Henry Luce Foundation, Melissa S. Meyer, Ronald A. Pizzuti, The Rudin Family, the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust, John L. Thomson, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, and Tishman Speyer.

Substantial exhibition support for Orly Genger’s Red, Yellow and Blue is provided by The Coby Foundation, Ltd., deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and Larissa Goldston Gallery, Roberta and Michael Joseph, and Toby Devan Lewis. Additional exhibition support is provided by Sidney Garber Fine Jewelry, Bill Goldston and Riccarda de Eccher, Brian Goldston and Peter Balis, Larissa Goldston and Joshua Wesoky, Holly and Jordan Levy, Drs. Andy and Janet Loesberg, Chad Longmore and Matthew Oberstein, Iris Z. Marden, Mark Nevins, Janice Oresman, Josh Pazda, Marnie S. Pillsbury, Carrie Shapiro and Peter Frey, Mary Spencer, and Ronnie and Al Trenk.

Delta Air Lines is the Official Airline Sponsor of the art program. Ace Hotel New York is the Official Hotel Partner of the Madison Square Park Conservancy. The art program is supported in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. The Madison Square Park Conservancy is a public/private partnership with New York City Parks & Recreation.

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