Andrea Loefke: Homecoming at Smack Mellon, New York

Homecoming is the title of the installation that the artist Andrea Loefke created her exhibition at the nonprofit arts organization Smack Mellon in Brooklyn. The site-specific work is an array of assemblages that are made from natural materials such as tree branches as well as man-made objects such as plastic boxes. Placed on top of an elevated boat-shaped platform, the arrangement reminds of debris that has found rescue on a ship after a storm. In fact, Andrea Loefke states:

"For many years my work has cycled in and around the themes of nature at large and on a more specific level, the extremes of weather. Having experienced the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, this subject matter has become an even more significant topic for me. With my site-specific installation Homecoming I have continued my exploration of nature through collecting, sampling, domesticating, enhancing, transforming and re-creating found objects.

The assemblages within Homecoming are made from natural materials as well as consumer goods and household objects. Through a formal yet improvised process, natural elements like tree branches are transformed and combined with man-made objects in an attempt to domesticate nature, creating new hybrid forms. Positioned atop a 35' x 12' elevated boat-shaped platform these ensembles have found their temporary home from an imagined flood. Cut and broken trees are the predominant elements of this installation, suggesting destruction and reflecting the remnants of a storm."

Andrea Loefke: Homecoming at Smack Mellon, New York. Opening reception, November 23, 2013.

A second solo show is currently running at Smack Mellon, LoVid's latest project Roots No Shoots (watch video here): http://vernissage.tv/blog/2013/11/29/lovid-roots-no-shoots-smack-mellon-new-york/

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