For Immediate Release
Contact: Karen Mulcahy
February 7, 2008
212. 714. 0044


BETH GALSTON
Luminous Garden (Origins)
March 22 – April 19, 2008

Beth Galston, a Boston-based conceptual artist, opens a large-scale installation at Reeves Contemporary on Tuesday, March 25th with an opening artist’s reception on Saturday, March 22nd between 6-8 p.m. The show continues through April 19th, 2008.

“Luminous Garden (Origins)” is a new large-scale, walk-through installation created specifically for Reeves Contemporary. Galston created this free-flowing improvisational installation by using a simple repertoire of material--colored LEDs, cast resin seedpods, and tangles of electrical wire. Galston’s “garden” is a glowing environment of tall spidery plant-like forms inspired by nature and its processes. The installation creates a sculptural world entirely comprised of man-made, industrial materials.

The installation is a three-dimensional drawing in space with a network of wire lines of different weights and gestures, clusters of glowing colored forms, shadows, air, and space. Some of the flora hangs vertically like seaweed; others are loosely tethered to the ground, suggesting the possibility of movement. Additional forms, reminiscent of nests or webs, float freely in the air. This garden is the fifth in the series of “Luminous Garden” environments. While the previous gardens were set in the ground and “planted,” suggesting a cultivated place, this garden is a wilder community of plants breaking loose from the ground and undergoing some kind of metamorphosis.

Galston, whose luminous installation projects have recently been shown at the DeCordova Museum, Boston; and Wave Hill, NYC; as well as numerous other institutions. Major public works include: “Colorwalk,” an eighty foot long sculpture of colored glass for the Mesa Arts Center, AZ; “Thunderbird Bridge,” a vehicular bridge for Phoenix, AZ; and “Tree/House,” an outdoor architectural sculpture at Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC.

Galston is the recipient of numerous awards, including a two-year fellowship from the Bunting Institute, Radcliffe, an NEA InterArts award, a Massachusetts Artists Fellowship in Sculpture, and residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, and Sculpture Space, Inc

Reeves Contemporary is open Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 – 6 PM. For more information, contact the gallery at 212 714 0044 or visit the online gallery at: reevescontemporary.com.