Katherine Gressel's scenes from moving vehicles aim to
show the tension between the safe, stable inside of a vehicle and the
fluctuating, transient, and sometimes unrecognizable landscapes seen over the
course of one ride. The work in Rearviews:
Brooklyn investigates issues of development, nostalgia, and branding in her
current home of Brooklyn (and in particular the changing neighborhoods of Park
Slope/Gowanus and Downtown Brooklyn/DUMBO). Katherine juxtaposes views of
contemporary transitional public spaces seen from car windows with images of
new buildings in progress and their visual advertising campaigns. She appropriates
historic Brooklyn images (including old Brooklyn real estate ads), to show both
contrasts and connections between past, present, and future perceptions of
Brooklyn.
Katherine is an artist, writer
and curator based in Park Slope, Brooklyn. In addition to painting the Root
Hill Cafe mural in 2009, Katherine has exhibited her artwork at such venues as
the Brooklyn Arts Council gallery, Brooklyn Public Library, City Without Walls
in Newark, and the 2010 FIGMENT season-long sculpture garden on Governors
Island. She was a 2008 Abbey Mural Fellow at the National Academy of Fine Arts
and a 2009 CEC ArtsLink travel grantee to do public art projects in Russia. She
currently serves as Programs Manager at Smack Mellon gallery, and is also
currently curating exhibits at Brooklyn’s Old Stone House and FIGMENT 2012 on
Governors Island. Katherine also works as a live event painter, capturing
scenes of weddings, fundraisers and other private parties.
Please visit www.katherinegressel.com for more information.
