Sun Valley: Paper and Wood Installation from Brooklyn-based Creative Duo

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

American artists Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen have been working together for nine years. This creative union has resulted in numerous voluminous installations made from paper and other organic materials.

The fruitful collaboration of Brooklyn artists has been going on since 2005. According to the members of the duo, their joint work is incredibly productive. She allowed them to better understand their own goals and to formulate concepts such as memory, perception and imagination for themselves. The experiments that Kavanaugh and Nguyen arrange during their work, the discussions they lead - all this allows artists to take a broader look at the creative process and embody what each of them would never allow themselves within the framework of their own art practice.

Paper is the main material that Kavanaugh and Nguyen work with. It allows artists to practically not limit their imagination in anything: glaciers were made of paper, the bottom of the ocean during a storm was reproduced, and a forest was recreated. One of the most interesting joint projects of the artists is the installation "Sun Valley". And this installation is also completely made of natural materials: paper and wood were used. "Sun Valley" is an attempt to reproduce a century-old forest with the trunks of mighty trees intertwined with each other. Surprisingly, this gigantic object fits organically into the gallery space.

Stephen B. Nguyen was born in Little Falls and currently lives and works in Brooklyn. In 2002, he received his MA in Painting from the University of Victoria, a major research university located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (University of Victoria, British Columbia). His work has been shown more than once at the ISE Cultural Foundation in New York; at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space; at the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn; the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in British Columbia; and the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx NY.

Wade Kavanagh was born in Portland. In 2001, the future artist received a BA in Economics from Bowdoin College, a private liberal arts university in Brunswick, Maine. He currently lives and works between Brooklyn and Albany Township. His work could be seen at the Cynthia Reeves Gallery in New York; the Portland Museum of Art; and at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx NY.

Designers from Numen / For Use, like a creative duo from Brooklyn, join forces to create extraordinary installations. For their interactive outdoor installation, which resembles a giant spider web, they used special durable tape. Duct tape was wrapped around the pillars, beams and trees that served as the foundation of the structure. It is curious that the installation is absolutely interactive: in the intricate tunnels, you can safely move, both children and adults.