Busy Colors by Ayse Erkmen

Busy Colors by Ayse Erkmen
SculptureCenter is pleased to present Busy Colors by internationally renowned artist Ayse Erkmen, commissioned through SculptureCenter's Artist-in-Residenc e program.

Born in Istanbul, Turkey and now living there and in Berlin, Germany, Erkmen is well known in Europe for her spectacular public projects and subtle architectural interventions.

Busy Colors will be the artist's first solo exhibition in the United States and will be on view September 10 - November 27, 2005.

Busy Colors is a provocative and dramatic installation that works with and off of SculptureCenter's 100-year-old steel and brick building.

Twin images of a small, jewel-like metal object (a sculpture of a landmine) are scaled up to billboard proportions and cover the entire 3,000 square foot surface of the courtyard.

Inside, SculptureCenter's main exhibition space remains empty of objects but is activated by the automated movement of the building's 20-ton gantry crane, twenty-five feet above the ground.

Attached to the crane are expanses of two different translucent fabrics, which, as the gantry moves from one end of the building to the other, alternately create vertical and horizontal colored planes, changing the dimensions and experience of the room.

Simultaneously beautiful