Rotating Art Exhibit at One Northside Piers
Jean Wolff and Nathan Slate Joseph – First Among Local Artists To Be Featured At Williamsburg’s First Waterfront Development
Works from two Williamsburg-based artists are being displayed at One Northside Piers and are the first installment in a rotating exhibit of works by Brooklyn artists in the building’s lobby. This initial exhibition features two of Jean Wolff’s abstract paintings based on a circle and a grid and manipulated by color and two pigmented steel sculptures by Nathan Slate Joseph. Wolff’s work was included in exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum and Weatherspoon Art Gallery in North Carolina; she has had solo shows in the United States and abroad. Joseph’s work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
The developers of One Northside Piers chose Kim Vaadia and Martha Henry to curate the building’s lobby. Vaadia and Henry, who work out of the Slate Gallery on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, intend to rotate the exhibit three to four times each year. Please see www.slategallery.com for more information on the artists.
“We were instantly excited at the opportunity to showcase local artists in this new community,” Vaadia said. “There’s a genuine ‘get to know you’ aspect to this project as it allows the new residents of Northside Piers to come in contact with the art that’s created in this community.”
The effort is an extension of an ongoing commitment by the developers of Northside Piers to promote the arts and culture of Williamsburg and Brooklyn. In recent months, One Northside Piers has hosted a performance by the Opera Company of Brooklyn and also acted as the sponsor venue for BK Fashion Weekend, an event that promotes the creations of Brooklyn-based fashion designers.
“Williamsburg is a culturally rich community and we’re pleased that residents of One Northside Piers will be able to appreciate works of art created by their fellow Williamsburg residents,” said Shirley Jaffe of RD Management, a co-developer of Northside Piers, which is the first residential tower to open at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn.
Jaffe also oversaw the recent installation of an eight-ton sculpted piece, which was placed at the end of the community’s new 400-foot pier. The piece is called ‘Crescendo’ and was created by Mark Gibian, a sculptor who has lived and worked in Williamsburg for nearly three decades. The pier will soon be given to the city and permanently opened to the public.
A direct result of the city’s Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning of 2005, Northside Piers is the first development to rise at the waterfront of Williamsburg. Residents will move into One Northside Piers later this month, and construction is currently underway at Two Northside Piers. The development, which will ultimately feature 800 homes along with a public esplanade and pier, is anchoring a larger revitalization of the waterfront of Williamsburg, one of the city’s most vibrant neighborhoods.
Northside Piers provides market rate and affordable housing along with retail space on Kent Avenue between North 4th and North 5th Streets in Brooklyn. Northside Piers is a development of Toll Brothers City Living, RD Management and L&M Development Partners. Additional information at www.northsidepiers.com.
