Schemes Ripening in the Midday Sun
An exhibition of artworks by Christy Walsh
Exhibition details: Sunday April 2, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Dance performance: Sunday April 2, 2023 2p
Scarsdale Library, Scott Room, 54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583, Phone (914) 722-1300
Schemes Ripening in the Midday Sun is an art exhibition inspired by stories from Greek mythology as described in the poetry of Giorgio Sefaris. Many of Seferis’s examine the ways in which Ancient Greek history, mythology and theater intertwine with modern Greek landscapes and lives. Using Sefaris’s collections Mythistorema and Gymnopaedia as starting points, and working with a variety of media and collaborators, Walsh has worked for ten years to capture some of these inspiring sagas in dances, drawings, photography and video. This installation includes drawings, photographs, video and a short live performance. Since much of the poetry is about voyages, the visual art pieces are built around passages, and use imagery from the Greek landscape and architecture. The choreography for five dancers shifts between portrayals of mythological characters, a chorus, the wind, the sea, and the mountains.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by ArtsWestchester.
Jason Weeping, 2022 18×24 Chalk, charcoal and pencil on paper
Clytemnestra Weeping, 2022 18×24 Chalk, charcoal and pencil on paper
Agamemnon Weeping, 2022 18×24 Chalk, charcoal and pencil on paper
Achilles Weeping, 2022 18×24 Chalk, charcoal and pencil on paper