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March 16, 2007
Footprints
New York Brain Terrain
Now that some of the brouhaha has settled down, it's good to have an article about the "Footprints" exhibit, sans controversy.
No matter how you feel about the Atlantic Yards complex, the stadium and buildings going up in Prospect Heights are poised to change Brooklyn’s landscape irrevocably. An exhibit at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library pays tribute to what is there now, highlighting the everyday scenes that may soon be a memory.
The show, “Footprints: Portrait of a Brooklyn Neighborhood,” is curated by Belle Benfield and Daniel Sagarin and runs through April 21. Twenty-six artists contributed, and the diversity of their work mirrors that of the neighborhood.
Initially, Benfield and Sagarin were working on separate projects—Benfield painting portraits of Footprint residents, and Sagarin photographing them. They decided to work together and bring in other artists as well. “We realized that it was hard to do the neighborhood justice from just two points of view,” says Benfield.
Posted by lumi at March 16, 2007 6:55 PM