Art Wall on Third

Morgan O'HaraLIVE TRANSMISSIONS: New Yorkers Reading, Movement of people in the lobby of The New York Public Library at Bryant Park. Pencil on paper. © 2012 Morgan O’Hara

LIVE TRANSMISSIONS:

New Yorkers Reading

08 Sep – 19 Dec 2012
Art Wall on Third Exhibition
The Art Collection, 3rd floor

Mid-Manhattan Library
40th Street @ 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-340-0871

The Art and Picture Collections at Mid-Manhattan Library present LIVE TRANSMISSIONS: New Yorkers Reading an exhibition of drawings by artist Morgan O’Hara. The drawings track, in real time, the vital movement of living beings, transcending both figuration and abstraction, executing a direct neural translation from one human action into another. Drawing methodically with multiple razor-sharp pencils and both hands, as performative drawing, O'Hara condenses movement into accumulations of graphite line which combine the controlled refinement of classical drawing with the unbound sensuality of spontaneous gesture. For this project she has spent many hours, in different NYC public venues including The New York Public Library, observing and drawing the many nuances of movement which go on as people engage in the act of reading.

LIVE TRANSMISSIONS: New Yorkers Reading, Movement of the hands of a man reading, taking notes, easing, rubbing his moustache and beard. New York Public Library, 3rd floor, 27 August 2012. © 2012 Morgan O’HaraStephen Maine, critic and educator, joins O’Hara for An Artist Dialogue, free and open to public, on Saturday September 22 at 2:30 p.m. on the 6th Floor.

Art Wall on Third exhibition series is curated by Arezoo Moseni.