In April 2020, when New York was in lockdown and the epicentre of the pandemic, Renate Aller created the project side walk. She hosted friends and neighbors on her sidewalk or visited them in their street, her camera in self timer mode, recording these masked encounters at a safe 6 feet distance. With voices muted by masks we learn to communicate with our eyes and body language, finding our bearings in a new emotional landscape. These sidewalk visits created a deep sense of community where community had been forced apart. This project is in the spirit of Rainer Maria Rilke: [...] that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other . German born artist Renate Aller lives in New York and her art work is held in numerous museums.
Author: Renate Aller
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Published: 09/28/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.60w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9783969000328
Author: Renate Aller
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Published: 09/28/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.60w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9783969000328
About the Author
Renate Aller's Works are in the collections of corporate institutions, private collectors and museums, including Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, N.M., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Yale University Art Gallery, CT, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, New York Historical Society Museum, NY, WI Musée des beaux-arts Le Locle, Switzerland and Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY where she had a solo exhibition from March 24-July 28th 2019.