Storm King Art Center - Chakaia Booker at the Storm King Art Center (2004)

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No More Milk and Cookies, 2003

The Conversationalist, 1997

May 12 – November 14, 2004

This seasons special exhibition is of works by American artist, Chakaia Booker. A selection of sculptures will be on view inside the Museum Building and installed on the grounds.

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Ms. Booker creates large-scale sculptures out of discarded truck, car, and bicycle tires. Formally inventive, rhythmic, and imbued with enormous presence, the works are at once lyrical and powerful. Both the scale and the light-absorbing quality of the rich black sculptures make them ideal for display in the outdoors.

As a highly regarded artist and arts educator, in 2002 Ms. Booker was awarded a Pollock-Krasner grant, honoring artistic achievement. Her work, included in the collections of the Bronx Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Newark Museum, and The Studio Museum of Harlem, among others, has been featured in museums, galleries, and sculpture gardens across the country, as well as the Netherlands and Japan.

To read an article on Chakaia Booker from the January/February 2003 issue of Sculpture Magazine click here.

For additional information about Ms. Booker and her work, please visit her website at www.chakaiabooker.com.

EXHIBITION CHECKLIST

Indoor Sculpture

Conscience Disorder, 1998
Rubber; 4’ 1” x 2’ 11” x 2’ 10”
Collection of Joe Barron, New York

Crossed Vagina, 2001
Rubber tires, wood; 1’ 9” x 2’ ½” x 8”

Lyrical Madness, 2001
Rubber tires, wood; 2’ 5” x 2’ 4” x 1’ 5”
Courtesy of Mark di Suvero

Recess, 2003
Rubber tires, wood, steel

Square Peg, 2003
Rubber tires, wood; 8’ 1” x 3’ 2” x 5’

The Nest, 2003
Rubber tires, steel, wood; 3’ 4 ½” x 2’ 6 ½” x 1’ 10”

Manipulating Fractions, 2004
Rubber tires, stainless steel, wood; 11’ 3 ½” x 3’ x 34’ 2”

Seconds Later, 2004
Rubber tires; 2’ 1” x 5’ 3 ½” x 3’

A Moment In Time, 2004
Rubber tires, stainless steel, wood; 10’ x 9’ 1” x 10’ 2” overall

Wrench (Wench) II, 2001
Rubber tires, steel painted black; 7’ 6” x 3’ 10” x 1’ 9”

Outdoor Sculpture

No More Milk and Cookies, 2003
Rubber tires, steel, wood; 14’ 6” x 28’ x 24’

The Conversationalist, 1997
Rubber tires, steel, wood; 12 x 20 x 21’

Serendipity, 1998
Rubber tires, steel, wood; 11’ 10” x 2’ x 96’ 10”

Simon Says, 2003
Rubber tires, steel; 10’ 3” x 5’ x 3’ 11”

Hybrid, 2003
Rubber tires, wood, steel; 7’ 8 7/8” x 3’ 6 3/8” x 2’ 9”

Cross Over Effects, 2003
Rubber tires, wood, steel; 6’ 8 ½” x 3’ 3 ¼” x 3’ 2”

Two Sides to Day Light, 2003
Rubber tire, steel; 7’ 9” x 5’ x 5’ 9”

*Unless otherwise noted all works are Courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York.