Two Decades and Counting. . .
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Terra Temporalis 3
Here’s a peak at the 3rd Terra Temporalis installation. . . This one was commissioned by Jim Benson for his new wine bar in Pittsfield, MA and will be on view at the Y Bar for one year. At the end of 2012 the drawing will be painted out and Gabrielle Senza will create another temporary installation in the space.
Terra Temporalis 2
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This is the second in the “Terra Temporalis” series of temporary wall drawings – on view at the Sanford Smith Gallery in Great Barrington, MA from October 13 through the end of December 2011.
Gabrielle Senza gets her hands dirty.
For proof, see Jeremy D. Goodwin’s feature on her latest artistic endeavors in yesterday’s Berkshires Week/ Berkshire Eagle.
Thursday November 10, 2011 PITTSFIELD — Fine art is often seen as an attempt — even if a vain one — to achieve permanence, a contribution to the artistic tradition that will influence and inspire future generations.
(Photo credit: Ben Garver) Read more…
October 13th – Terra Temporalis Opening Reception
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Terra Temporalis Exhibition at Sanford Smith Gallery
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October 13 – December 8, 2011
Featuring paintings, drawings, installations and a temporary wall drawing.
Sanford Smith Fine Art
13 Railroad Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230
413.528-6777
www.sanfordsmithfineart.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Sanford Smith Fine Art is pleased to present the work of Berkshire based artist Gabrielle Senza. Her ethereal landscapes and earthy installations will be featured in the gallery through December 8th. The artist’s reception will be held October 15th from 4-7 PM. The show “Terra Temporalis” includes a variety of themes and mediums that address a diverse range of topics from personal reflection to environmental change. Read more…
Terra Temporalis: Ethereal Art at the Everhart Museum in Scranton, PA
TERRA TEMPORALIS is a large-scale site-specific wall drawing created with graphite powder applied directly to the 11 x 17 foot wall with my bare hands over a 12 day period in August of 2011.
The drawing will be painted out at the end of December. When informed, many museum visitors had strong visceral reactions to the idea that this work will be destroyed in a matter of months.
I ask: How is my drawing any more important than the rivers, forests and lives that are being destroyed every single day by human hands?
Planting an Idea – Feature article in the Times-Tribune
Planting an idea: ‘Buds, Blooms & Berries’ exhibit focuses on environment at Everhart Museum
BY CAITLIN HEANEY (STAFF WRITER)
Published: August 11, 2011
Artist Gabrielle Senza shows the powdered graphite she has applied to her hand to create a wall drawing called “Terra Temporalis” for the Everhart Museum’s latest exhibition.
Gabrielle Senza has created a landscape with her fingertips.
Blackened with powdered graphite, her hands swept across a white wall at the Everhart Museum on a recent afternoon, leaving behind gray streaks and blots she would shape into images of trees and plants.
Ms. Senza, of Great Barrington, Mass., spent several days earlier this month producing “Terra Temporalis,” a piece that will be featured in the museum’s latest exhibition, “Buds, Blooms & Berries: Plants in Science, Culture & Art.”
The show opens Friday and features artwork from many mediums as well as plant fossils, items from the museum’s Alfred Twining herbarium and a garden planted on the museum’s front lawn specially for the show. The exhibit will remain on display through Dec. 31.
“Terra Temporalis” marks the first time Ms. Senza has worked directly on a wall, which in this case measures 11 feet by 17 feet. She chose to use powdered graphite because she “wanted it to have more of an airy and ethereal feel.”
Temporary art
Making the piece temporary – it will be painted over when the exhibition ends – was Ms. Senza’s idea as well, and it is one she said she loves. She hopes when visitors realize the piece is temporary that anyone who might still doubt “what’s going on with our environment” starts taking it more seriously.
While it is easy for individuals to feel powerless about the environment, Ms. Senza added, she hopes people who see her work might not take the environment for granted. Read more…
Arts in Bloom
THE ABINGTON JOURNAL
August 10
By Don McGlynn
Reporter / Photographer
SCRANTON - It is common for an artist’s work to be brought into the Everhart Museum, but for its new exhibit, Gabrielle Senza is doing something special, letting her work’s life cycle begin and end at the Scranton museum.
Study for Terra Temporalis
I plan to create something of this nature on the 11 x 17 foot wall at the Everhart Museum in Scranton. I begin tomorrow…
Honey Moth
The wall colors flanking my “canvas” of Honey Moth will be Asparagus and Celery Sprig.
