Virginia Overton, in mostra fino alla meta’ di Ottobre al MoMA PS1 di New York, e’ l’artista con cui N.O.Gallery da’ inizio alla stagione espositiva.

Per Virginia Overton, gli oggetti quotidiani ed i semplici gesti offrono opportunità di vedere cio’ che ci circonda in un modo nuovo.
Gli oggetti utilizzati per le sculture, da familiari divengono non identificabili.
Una scala diviene un qualcosa di astratto in uno spazio che crea una nuova composizione con ombre e segni che si sono creati durante il suo insediamento.

I materiali robusti, solidi, vengono sollevati in aria: quelli recuperati e dimenticati diventano forme eteree. Mettendo in risalto quello che lei chiama “abilità non specializzate,” la Overton ridispone il nostro ambiente in modo che possiamo vederlo con occhi più poetici. Per la mostra da N.O.Gallery, Overton realizza un’installazione site specific utilizzando legno, vernice e lo spazio della galleria.




VIRGINIA OVERTON - Born 1971, Nashville, Tennessee. EDUCATION 2005 MFA, University of Memphis, TN, 2002 BFA, University of Memphis, TN. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 True Grit, Dispatch, New York NY / Virginia Overton, Cheekwood, Nashville TN, 2009 This is Not A Ladder, Artlab, Memphis TN, 2008 Moving on South, White Box, New York NY, 2007 Virginia Overton, Powerhouse, Memphis TN / Off the Grid, Brooks Museum, Memphis TN. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010 Wait for me at the bottom of the pool, curated by Bob Nikas, Bridgehampton NY/ Today I Made Nothing, curated by Tim Saltarelli, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York NY/ The Way Grass Grows, curated by Sima Familant, Marlborough Gallery, New York NY / Art 41 Basel, Ecart, John Armleder & Mai-Thu Peret, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland / Greater New York, PS1 MoMA, Long Island City NY / Be Yourself, Burning Bridges, New York NY, 2009 from the Mississippi to the Hudson, Allen Projects, New York NY / Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France / edia Int'l Group, curated by Lucky de Bellevue, Foundation Barbin, New York NY / The Audio Show, curated by Seth Kelly, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York NY / In Practice Projects, Sculpture Center, Long Island City NY, 2007 String Show, curated by Josh Smith, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York NY, 2006 VA4398UV, Marshall Arts and Powerhouse, Memphis TN, 2005 MAX, curated David Moos, Memphis TN / MFA Thesis Show, AMUM, Memphis.


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VIRGINIA OVERTON

In the occasion of STARTMILANO, the contemporary art week end,
the exhibition will open on September 17th, 2010
from 6.00 pm to 10.00 pm - Via Matteo Bandello 18, Milan

Preview on September 16th from 2.00 pm

Opening hours during the week end:
Saturday 18th from 11.00 am to 9.00 pm - Sunday 19th from 11.00 am to 7.00 pm

The exhibition will be held from September 20th to October 29th 2010 from 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm. Saturday an mornings by appointment. Sunday closed.

Virginia Overton, on view until October 18th at MoMA PS1 New York, is the artist who starts N.O.Gallery new exhibition season


Virginia Overton repurposes building materials and everyday objects, creating considered relationships that are subject to surrounding conditions--space, gravity, moisture, and pressure. Through minimalist gestures, Overton makes rugged sculptural constructions: a ladder is an abstract object in space that produces composition with shadows and marks made on the walls during installation. The found, forgotten, and overlooked become discreet sculptural forms.

Pallets are squished between walls held in place with shims, large sonotubes hang from trees, and chairs cinched together become lamps. Economy of materials and formal clarity in her work resonate a uniquely spare vernacular aesthetic in perverse and precarious balance.

For the exhibition at N.O. Gallery, Overton makes an installation using lumber, paint and the 3mx4.7mx4m gallery space.