in these times

Emily feinstein

a plus/space installation

In These Times is an eight foot long wooden structure on stilts, mainly sourced from the cut-offs of local cabinetmakers or recycled pieces of older projects. It is the artist’s ode to these past few years and to the dining sheds that have become one of the emblems of the Covid pandemic. Feinstein, influenced by the Bauhaus and its merging of art, architecture and everyday life, appreciated these odd and makeshift structures springing up on the streets of New York. The interiors and exteriors were interchangeable, transforming the citiscape. Feinstein was fascinated by their raw materials, immediacy, and transparent construction. Built to sustain commerce and protect diners from contagion, the sheds exposed our vulnerability as well as our resilience and determination to gather, share, and to create.

Emily Feinstein received her M.F.A. at Milton Avery School of the Arts, Bard College. She’s built installations at Socrates Sculpture Park, Katonah Museum, Islip art Museum, Long Island University, the Brooklyn Public Library and Governors Island. She is currently showing her work Wood Drawings and Configurations at 490 Atlantic Gallery. Her work has been shown at Park Place Gallery, Odetta, FiveMyles Gallery, Leslie Heller Workspace, Art in General, Sideshow, Metaphor and Kentler Galleries. In 2018 she co-curated with Matt Freedman and collaborated with six artists in the exhibit Billboards and Broadsides at L.I.U’s Humanities Gallery. She’s been awarded residencies at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Blue Mountain Colony, Macdowell Colony, and Yaddo. Feinstein has received grants from Change Inc., Adolph Gottlieb and Center for Contemporary Performance Art. Reviews of Feinstein’s work have been featured in the New York Times by Roberta Smith, Ken Johnson and Grace Gleuck.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the Perlemeter Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Joseph Robert Foundation, and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.