“American Soil,” a month-long public arts exhibition sponsored by Arts Brookfield, features pieces by Spence Visual Arts Teacher Josh Dorman. The installation at One New York Plaza includes 12 7x9 windows that span the entire block of one of the largest public open spaces in downtown Manhattan. 

“I paint in order to see things that would not exist if I did not paint them,” says Dorman whose large-scale paintings feature the interplay between collaged images and delicate drawn surfaces.

“American Soil,” which opened on August 24 and will run until September 25, is curated by Tom Kotik. The installation “weaves together early 1900s soil sample maps, antique collage elements and paint. Using the geography and topography of the USA as a springboard, these collage paintings manipulate the sinewy lines and rich palette of the maps, turning loamy soil regions into clouds, gravel deposit bands into mountains, rivers into snakes, legend diagrams into architecture and city grids into sparkling gems.”

 

Congratulations to Mr. Dorman for this first major public arts commission. Be sure to make One New York Plaza a destination to view and celebrate Mr. Dorman’s art!

 

August 24, 2015-September 11, 2015 (to be re-installed in the spring)

8 AM-7 PM

One New York Plaza

New York, NY 10004

 

UPDATE: Due to construction the windows are being un-installed now, but the exhibit will be back in the spring!

For additional information on Josh Dorman, view his website here.