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Katy Schimert
Katy Schimert (born 1963) is an American artist known for exhibitions and installations that meld disparate media into cohesive formal and conceptual visual statements arising out of personal experience, myth and empirical knowledge.Smith, Roberta''The New York Times'', March 29, 1996, p. C25. Retrieved April 22, 2021.Gookin, KirbySchimert,"''Artforum'', Summer 2001, p. 185. Retrieved April 20, 2021.Yau, John. "The Artist as Octopus," ''Camouflage Ink and Silence'', Amherst, MA: University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, 2014. She interweaves elements of fine and decorative arts, figuration and abstraction in densely layered drawings and sculpture that together suggest elliptical narratives or unfolding, cosmic events.Murtha. Chris"Crafting Art: 'Making Knowing' at The Whitney Museum of American Art,"''Mousse Magazine'', 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2021.Avgikos, Jan"Openings: Kathleen Schimert,"''Artforum'', September 1995. Retrieved April 22, 2021.Schmerle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Island, New York
Grand Island is an island town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 21,389 representing an increase of 5.00% from the 2010 census figure. The town's name derives from the French name ''La Grande Île'', as Grand Island is the largest island in the Niagara River and third largest in New York state. The phrase ''La Grande Île'' appears on the town seal. Grand Island has been home to the Attawandaron Nation and an acquisition of both French and English colonial pursuits. In 1945, Grand Island was part of a plan to make a new World Peace Capital on the international border between Southern Ontario, Canada, and Western New York. The plan proposed placing the United Nations headquarters on adjacent Navy Island (Ontario), which was considered an ideal location because it lay on the boundary between two peaceful countries. An artist's rendering of the World Peace Capital showed the property with bridges spanning both countries (betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
