2015 AR - STEPHEN TALASNIK
Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center chose NYC based artist Stephen Talasnik for its 2015 Artist Residency program. He created aquatic architecture with a series of floating reed structures in Manitoga's Quarry Pool adjacent to the original home of modernist designer Russel Wright in Garrison New York.
Stephen Talasnik's Sanctuary: A temporary installation of aquatic architecture
Artist Residency - May 1 to November 9, 2015
In 2015, Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center chose NYC-based artist Stephen Talasnik for its Artist Residency program. He built a series of floating reed structures in Manitoga's Quarry Pool adjacent to the original home of modernist designer Russel Wright in Garrison, New York. Talasnik was drawn to Manitoga's seamless architecture and natural splendor. "There is an intimacy to the choreographed environment that engages the senses. It compels the individual to confront a very immediate and intimate space within a suggestively theatrical large-scale natural sanctuary". Allison Cross, Manitoga’s Executive Director says of the selection of Talasnik, "Similar to Wright's intervention at Manitoga, Talasnik's work occupies the intersection of art, innovation, science and nature and enters into a profound dialogue with place."
PRESS
New Vigor at Designers Wooded Hideaway by Tammy La Gorce (The New York Times, June 2015)
Stephen Talasnik Creates Aquatic Architecture at Russel Wright Design Center (Interior Design Magazine, June 2015)
Russel Wright's Designs Come Alive in a New Artist Residency Program by Meredith Mendelsohn (Architectural Digest, April 2015)
Stephen Talasnik's SANCTUARY at Manitoga interview by Sarah LaDuke (WAMC, May 2015)
Day Trip From NYC: Manitoga, a Retreat for Design Lovers by Lilit Marcus (Conde Nast Traveller, April 2015)
Artist Stephen Talasnik considers the legacy of mid-century design Russel Wright by Nicholas Korody (Archinect.com, June 2015)
ABOUT STEPHEN TALASNIK
Inspired by the aesthetics of engineering, Talasnik's sculptural works intersect with his ongoing studio investigation of drawing. Intrigued with skeletal hand-built structures, his approach to building is informed by his years of residency and travel in the Far East where he studied the traditions of indigenous hand-built systems that employ natural materials. Talasnik's work is included in major international collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; The Pompidou in Paris; British Museum, London; The Albertina, Vienna; and The State Museum of Berlin.
2015 ARTIST RESIDENCY HOST COMMITTEE
Lead Sponsors / David & Nanci Heller McAlpin
Sponsors / Atlas Industries, Christopher Buck, Christopher Jara & Donald Taffurelli, Gary & Laura Maurer, Marilyn & Jim Simons
Contributors / Lyn Fischbach, Tom Krizmanic, Dan Macey & Paul Savidge, Frank B R Sahm Jr. Charitable Foundation
Supporters / Donald Albrecht, Robert Aresty, Sidney Babcock & Jose Romeu, Bill Burback & Peter Hofmann, Joe Chapman, Allison Cross & Henry Nye, James & Kara Cross, David Diamond & Karen Zukowski, Dorothy Dunn & Steve Brosnahan, Sibyl R. Golden, Celia Imrey, Jack & Cheryl Lenhart, Melissa Meyers & Wilbur Foster, Anne & Fred Osborn, Cathy Kuttner Polich & Dick Polich, Frederic C. Rich, Rockwell Group, William A. Roos IV & Scott H. Olsen. Don Watson & Linda Thomas, Aleta Wolfe.
Sanctuary was made possible in part by a grant from NYSCA's Arts Culture and Heritage Project awarded through the Mid Hudson Regional Economic Development Council.
Stephen Talasnik, Design and Fabrication; Ye Qin Zhu, Fabrication; Yoshi Sergel and Ken Wright, Installation Staff; WARS | We Are Rocket Science, Installation and Exhibition Design; Persak and Wurmfeld, Consulting Naval Architects; Don Pollard, Site Photography; Atlas Industries (Newburgh, NY) Fabrication Studios.
Photography by Don Pollard.