MARCH 28 - MAY 1, 2010 Opening reception for the exhibition Preserving Space is free to the public from 5-7 pm, on Saturday, March 27, 2010.
In an outdoor art exhibition organized with the Nature Discovery Center at Russ Pitman Park, 13 Houston-based visual artists explore the system and function of an urban park. Within the wilds of this beautifully small untamed park the idea of preserving space is explored through sculpture, mixed-media, and found objects. Russ Pitman Park is a haven for a multitude of plants and animals and a home for numerous species of migrating birds. In a working collaboration, the artists and park naturalists explore the ecosystems of Russ Pitman Park's native plants, trees, and grasses. Since conservation and education are central to the Nature Discovery Center's mission, the participating artists consider the breadth of the park's role as an escape from the hubbub of city life, to its more serious function as a place for observation and understanding of nature, plus the implications of the evolving process in constructing a natural landscape. Participating artists in the exhibition are Bexar, Lucinda Cobley, Catherine Colangelo, Kristen Cliburn, Kathy Hall, Lotus, Robert McShan, Jason Dean Moul, Divya Murthy, Karine Parker-Lemoyne, Lisa Qualls, Patrick Renner, June Woest & Urban Artists. The park is located at 7112 Newcastle in Bellaire and the exhibition runs March 28 - May 1, 2010. Park hours are 9 am - 9 pm, every day.
The Web of Life by Karine Parker-Lemoyne
In the beginning, there is the sphere holding the vital egg, the core, the heart, the light that can survive beyond the harsh conditions. The heart of Nature, the light of our soul. The source that needs to be protected: Can we see it as it is, simple, transparent, open and powerful? Can we open up and show ourselves as we really are, like Nature does? Can we protect this source? The chains, the connections, the relationships that make this LIFE work are like this web of cords. Connected. Each little element is connected, responding to each other in a way that is respectful to the whole, in a way that makes life thrive and expand. Like interactions in Nature. Like the community of Humans when their personal lights are connected. When the fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego ---- -- Leave the place to-- ----joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, humility, truth, compassion, and faith. Then transformation occurs like what happens to these little pieces of green paper when the weather, the seasons hit their matter. The movement, the changes are essential elements in the universe. New perspectives arise from these changes. How can we welcome them, instead of seeing them as something to fear, to control or to avoid and see them as a source of discoveries and freedom? Could nature show us how to survive and to respect what needs to be? Could it show us to follow the flow? Look at the web of Life and see beyond, look in Russ Pitman Park, look in nature, look in the city, look in the country, look in your relationships, look within yourself how you preserve a space for Life?
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