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NATURE MORE
OPENS SEPTEMBER 15TH AT 3RD WARD
Brooklyn, NY

Goliath Visual Space in collaboration with The Gallery at 3rd Ward, is proud to present Nature More. A group sculpture show curated by Peter Dudek, Chair of the Sculptors Guild Exhibition Committee, Nature More features the works of Jerelyn Hanrahan, Nick Lascot, James Greco, Emily Silver, Julie Mann and Rune Olsen.

Nature More will be on view September 15th to October 27th, 2006. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 15th 2006, 6-9pm at 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn. The Gallery at 3rd Ward is open Tue, Thu-Sat 11am to 9pm, Sun 12pm to 9pm or by appointment.

Nature More features sculptural representations of living creatures and other part of natural world, yet natural materials are not to be found. This is a gathering of objects made from “social materials” —commercially available, man-made or man-altered. Masterfully coaxed into empathetic forms, mundane materials such as tape and cardboard express a primal presence, imbued with sex, mortality and the sublime. In this show, the carnal asserts itself, always lush and present.

Goliath Visual Space is a not-for-profit, artist-run organization established to provide a fertile and creative environment for artists and to foster knowledge and communication about the arts. In seven years, Goliath has presented the works of over 200 emerging and unrepresented artists from 16 countries in solo and small group exhibitions, performances and talks. In 2006, Goliath became a nomadic, project-based organization.

Nature More is made possible with public funds to Goliath Visual Space from the New York State Council on the Arts. In Kings County, the Decentralization Program is administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).
The Gallery at 3rd Ward draws its tone from the creative facilities surrounding it. Be it metalwork or sound, photography or movement, The Gallery at 3rd Ward is always seeking out the grey area between mediums. Collaborations and cross-media work receive the main spotlight, while innovation and humor hold their own. As part of the 3rd Ward team, The Gallery sees its role as supporting artists in realizing their creative vision.
• For more information about The Gallery at 3rd Ward or Nature More, or for high-resolution images, please contact Dana Orland at
(718) 715 4961 or dorland@3rdwardbrooklyn.org
• 3rd Ward is conveniently located in East Williamsburg at 195 Morgan Ave between Meadow and Stagg St. Take the L train to Grand St. Head east on Grand St, take a right on Morgan Ave. Map is available at www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org

Artists’ Bios:

James T. Greco is a sculptor living in Brooklyn. Having worked with various materials and styles, his recent focus has been on making “artifacts that function as vectors of power, wealth, class, politics, and sex in a world where many human beings cannot reconcile their fear of death with the knowledge that it is only by death that their lives hold any meaning."

Jerelyn Hanrahan is a sculptor who lives on Long Island and the current the President of the Sculptors Guild in New York. Her work often integrates sculpture, installation and technology. In her cast heads, innate animalistic augmentations seem to force their way to the surface, bringing attendant psychological disruptions with them.

Nick Lascot, a sculptor living in Brooklyn, creates work that references symbols and imagery from memory, dreams, literature, mythology and personal experience. According to the artist, his work embodies “characters that are at once models of Sisyphean impotence and storehouses of heroically grand potential”.Julie Mann, a sculptor from Brooklyn, is known for reworking the boney remains of animal carcasses into hybrid fossils. Recently, in a more pastoral state of mind, she has produced a glittering evocation of the natural world.

Rune Olsen is a sculptor from Norway now living in Brooklyn. Through his animal characters, he explores “the physical expression of attraction, instinct, and desire” and expresses the “wild and intense feeling of orgasm, as in Fucking Lions, the pleasure of a "quickie" in Screwing Squirrels or the sometime rough play between lovers in Take My Breath Away”.

Emily Silver, a sculptor, was until recently a resident of Brooklyn. She has since moved to the wilds of Penn State University in order to complete her graduate studies. Working with found and scavenged materials, she has fashioned a familial mix of discordant and ragged creatures.