~HEIDI HOWARD, ESTEBAN CABEZA de BACA , LIZ PHILLIPS / ‘LIGHT FROM WATER’ / WAVE HILL / BRONX NY / up thru . . NOV 26
the more people go gaga over AI /
the more – I go deep into . . handmade.
‘LIGHT FROM WATER: Reflection and Refraction’ . . .
HEIDI HOWARD & ESTEBAN CABEZA de BACA, with LIZ PHILLIPS
AUG 19 – NOV 26, 2023
WAVE HILL / 4900 Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471
‘Light from Water’ . . . was organized by Gabriel de Guzman, Director of Arts and Chief Curator, with Rachel Raphaela Gugelberger, Curator of Visual Arts / Wave Hill
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, SEPT 17, 2023 – WAVE HILL
HEIDI HOWARD, CERAMIC VASE.
“Light from Water presents new works by HEIDI HOWARD and ESTEBAN CABEZA de BACA that share a deep-seated connection with the natural world. Featured in the exhibition are collaborative works made by both artists, as well as portraits, self-portraits, and installations by Howard, landscape paintings and sculptures by Cabeza de Baca, and a multi-media (sound) sculpture by LIZ PHILLIPS.”
~GABRIEL de GUZMAN
ESTEBAN CABEZA de BACA, Installation over fireplace, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill
“The spirit of collaboration is integral to the work of the artists in ‘Light from Water’, acknowledging the greater communities within which they feel a sense of belonging.”
~GABRIEL de GUZMAN
ESTEBAN CABEZA de BACA, ceramic figure / with a snippet of one his smaller landscapes.
ESTEBAN CABEZA de BACA, clay figure on the other side of the mantelpiece.
same figure, different angle.
if that figure isn’t imbued with a spirit – then, I don’t know what, is.
ESTEBAN CABEZA de BACA, clay vessels in the fireplace.
close-up / clay vessels . . . speaking to me, for sure.
ESTEBAN CABEZA de Baca, ‘Embrace of the Serpent’, 2023 / multi-media.
HEIDI HOWARD, painted mirror.
in Heidi’s room, we also find . . lively spirits, which manifest more as portraits – of real people.
Heidi Howard, ‘Anna Tome’, 2022.
acrylic on canvas / 60 x 40 in.
(Painting courtesy of the artist & Garth Greenan Gallery)
HEIDI HOWARD, ceramic vases.
these vases struck me as very unique, expressionistic yet secretive, and again – imbued with spirits.
Heidi Howard, ‘Ashkenazi Doll’, 2023 / ceramic vase.
a visitor beside, HEIDI HOWARD’s . . ‘Alex Chowaniec’, 2022.
acrylic on canvas, portrait.
LIZ PHILLIPS, surrounded by HEIDI HOWARD’S work.
Liz had an entrancing sound piece of her own, in the room, next door.
EMERSON BORAKOVE, 1/2 of “a very loud band”, titled: untitled noise night, with Shiloh Blue.
you might remember the name / we wrote them up, this past summer.
turns out, Emerson is a former ‘Sound & Interactive Media’ student, of Liz’s / at Purchase College, SUNY.
note: that’s Heidi Howard’s painting, ‘Pond’, 2023 / acrylic on canvas, 77 x 102 in., on the back wall.
a second set of photos – posts shortly.
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. Wave Hill, Bronx, NY – Sept 17, 2023.