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Exhibitions
The NYC Green Cart Photography Commission
Works in Progress Exhibition (On view May 2010-November 2010)
The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund has awarded a seed grant to the Mayor's Fund for New York City for the Department of Health to support the NYC Green Cart Initiative, which provides underserved urban communities ready access to fresh fruit and vegetables via hundreds of independently owned Green Carts.
The two-year photography commission will document the historic program through the perspectives of five emerging artists selected by Aperture Foundation, a New York–based nonprofit arts organization and leading force in the field of photography. The current exhibition presents works in progress from the first year of the Aperture initiative, which will culminate in a large-scale exhibition in 2011.
Featuring the work of:
LaToya Ruby Frazier, Thomas Holton, Gabriele Stabile, Will Steacy, and Shen Wei
For more information about the NYC Green Cart Photography Commission please click here
Exhibits Archive
The office is also home to a small collection of mission related photographs and original art that reinforce the theme of access and opportunity. The gallery includes works by:
Bruce Davidson, East 100th Street Façade, 1966-68 a wonderful view of daily life in York City as lived by residents of East Harlem.
Matt Ducklo, The Burghers of Calais, 1888 The Brooklyn Museum and Young Girl with Flowers in her Hair, 1865-70 The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 2007, moving pieces from this Queens-based photographer, that chronicle the experiences of a blind woman and young boy as they view sculpture through touch.
Edward Ruscha, The Last Ray of Hope, 1982, a strong graphic sentiment.
Yehudit Sasportas, The Dream of the Unspoken, 2007, a commissioned work by an Israeli artist that captures the awesome scale of the natural world.