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Virginia Poundstone: Pumping Liquidity into the System

March 29 – April 9, 2011

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Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 29th from 6 to 9pm

Nada Tunnel is an early twentieth century infrastructure carved out by hand and dynamite to create an access route to the old growth forest of the Red River Gorge for the timber industry.  Surrounded by mountains, the forest was previously inaccessible to commerce. The graffiti-covered tunnel is now known by the locals as a dangerous place where people are robbed.

Earthwork.

Photographs on vinyl and steel.

Ceramic cast into concrete.

Pierced by metal.

Crumpled combinations responding to a recent drive-through of Nada Tunnel.

New York-based artist Virginia Poundstone’s work investigates our civilization’s control of the natural world. For this show, she has returned to her native Kentucky to investigate the Nada Tunnel, a man-made hole in a mountain that leads to the Daniel Boone National Forest. She spent many years hunting wildflowers and rock climbing in the region. Her work was recently included in Knight’s Move at Sculpture Center in 2010. She currently has a project on view for Works Sited at the Los Angeles Central Library and in April she will have a solo project at Second-Floor in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Columbia University.

Featuring the work of Virginia Poundstone

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