Gillian Christy, American Dreams, Stainless Steel, 156 x 60 x 48 inches
The first article from East Side Monthly, Providence, RI, discusses Christy’s Wave Traveler. Wave Traveler, a commission through the Sunne Savage Gallery in 2009, is Christy’s largest freestanding sculpture to date. The second article from ArtScope Magazine, Boston, MA, focuses on Christy’s current Water Street Bridge Project within the town of Fitchburg, MA. Both articles can be found on the “About the Gallery” page of the Sunne Savage Gallery webiste.
Of Christy’s large scale sculpture American Dreams is available for purchase. Most recently, American Dreams received the Caldwell Art Exhibition Prize, in Lenoir, NC. American Dreams has also been exhibited in Nature and Balance, Arsenal on the Charles, Boston, MA; and Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL. Additional sculpture by Gillian Christy can be seen on the Sunne Savage Gallery website. Please contact Christina Godfrey with inquiries.
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Image: Gillian Christy, Forest Abstraction, 2009, powder coated steel
Gillian Christy has installed Forest Abstraction in the EWOW suite at the newly opened W Hotel Boston. The relief, which expansively covers three walls of the suite, was a collaborative effort of the artist, Gillian Christy; the designers, Bentel & Bentel; and the Sunne Savage Gallery. Fitting the W Hotel’s “virtual garden” theme, Bentel & Bentel supplied an inspirational photograph for the tree like pattern. Christy brought the designers vision to life with sculptural precision and ingenuity; skillfully completing the commission to the mass approval of the W Hotel team.
Forest Abstraction is Gillian Christy’s first commission in the Boston area. Prior to Forest Abstraction, Christy completed three large scale sculpture projects in Providence, RI, including The Return Home, 2008; Embrace, 2005-2007, and Day to Day, 2008; all of which are installed in public areas around the city. Currently Christy is completing her fourth public work in Providence, RI, entitled Wave Traveler. Christy is also beginning the design of a public work for the town of Fitchburg, MA, which is paired with a solo exhibition of Christy’s work at Fitchburg State College.
A selection of Gillian Christy’s interior sculptures and commissions can be seen at www.sunnesavage.com. Please contact Christina Neuman Godfrey for more information about Gillian Christy.
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Inside Outside Exhbition: Mayer Gallery
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, NC
May1-August 29,2009
Inside Outside is an exhibition of Gillian Christys’ newest work consisting of sculptural wall pieces inside the Mayer Gallery as well as outside, among the TCVA grounds. This body of artworks is based on the familiar objects that one may view on a daily basis. Christy often discovers these elements found in existing architecture or industry. Christy states, “ These object’s shapes intrigue me enough to recreate them, skewing their perceived form, function and size. It also strikes me as humorous that these objects could potentially retain personality traits! Clearly, I create an imaginative world but often the underlying themes illustrated within the piece are serious in content.”
Christy is currently underway creating public artworks for Waterplace Luxury Residences Providence, RI and the Water Street Bridge Fitchburg, MA. Inside Outside will be on exhibit at Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA from October to December 2009.
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