February 22, 2020 to May 20, 2020 The Radius Gallery at Arc Stages 147
Wheeler Avenue Pleasantville, New York 10570 914-747-6206 Radius: The
Gallery at Arc Stages presents Urban Suburban. The upcoming
photography exhibition, Urban Suburban, showcases the works of several
local artists, including Gina Randazzo, Chris Rivera and Randy
Matusow, and opens Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Radius Gallery in
Pleasantville, NY. Radius Gallery is a non-profit, artist run
exhibition space dedicated to supporting the creative, curatorial, and
commercial endeavors of local artists. Our intention is to encourage
active public engagement with the visual arts by presenting
high-quality, innovative, and thought provoking exhibitions that spark
conversation and inspiration. Historically, to escape overcrowding,
traffic, pollution, and the escalating costs of city living, people
flocked to the suburbs. For those seeking an intermediary between
urban and rural life, the suburbs proved to be the fulfillment of the
American Dream. But life in the suburbs has evolved over the years,
as former city dwellers search[ing] for more than open spaces, lawns
to mow, and quiet tree lined streets, seek communities that offer the
sophistication and culture of city living. Typically the suburbs have
been portrayed as a cheerful utopia of the predominantly upper
middle class, evoking images of ranch style houses, white picket
fences, home baked apple pie and school science fairs. However, while
the suburbs have primarily been home to the middle class, there has
been a shift in recent years, from being predominantly higher income
to a population that is more diverse. As a result, the suburbs have
evolved dramatically, becoming more varied in race, class and
ethnicity. But with all these changes, how has our way of looking at
them changed? Do we still perceive them as the stereotypical place for
affluent white people who have fled city life or have they become more
complex? The exhibit examines how life in suburban Westchester is
captured by three artists based on their own perspective[s].
Documenting the suburban experience from Peekskill to Pleasantville to
Yonkers to Mt Vernon, these photographers consider whether the suburbs
have been reshaped by the influx of a more culturally and economically
diverse population and if our perception of them has shifted to
reflect these changes. arcstages.org
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