Press Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> The Arts Society of Kingston is pleased to announce the opening of "Time Meets Space", a show of new
sculpture by Donald Bruschi, in the main gallery at ASK, 97 Broadway, Kingston. The show opens with a
reception on Saturday, July 1, from 5 to 8, and continues through July 29.
Donald Bruschi’s sculpture combines cutting edge and classical art concepts with contemporary
technologies. Bruschi works with common natural and industrial materials; stone, steel, wood, glass and
light. "From neon light, I get color and light as well as line and form. I manipulate the light just as I do the
stone, steel and other materials. I create with the contrasts in the textures and properties of the materials I
choose to use. There needs to be a balance of steel, light, stones, whatever material, it has to work out on
many different levels. By working with the elements and principles of design; line, color, form, texture,
negative space, emphasis, etc. I test how far I can push my ideas and materials. Through my art I am on a
journey; I explore where my ideas can go”.
Mr. Bruschi’s newest work, which he has been producing for about a year, transcends the lines between
sculpture, installation and performance. "I was always interested in the negative spaces in my work, I wanted
to put an emphasis on the light, its properties, its color and how it relates to its environment. I used to think
the light and the glass tubes were inseparable, my latest work is about seeing the light and not the source of
it; pure light glowing out from the negative spaces bouncing off elements and intersecting and mixing with
other light. The light travels and calls to you from a distance, the sculptures are quite seductive. My
sculptures are not only something to look at but also light traveling through time and space. Light is the
coolest stuff we have. Scientists still can’t say exactly what light is - whether it's energy or particles. You can
see it at its source and on objects it hits, it is invisible as it travels."
Last November, Mr. Bruschi combined another area of his work, time exposure photographs, with these
installations. The photographs, which he calls Light Drawings, are long duration exposures of people moving
light. The images, he says, are "an amalgamation of time and space. The moving light accumulates on the
film and the results are interesting and dramatic. I can explore different realms at the same time; sculpture,
installation, performance and photography."
In addition to the show at ASK, Mr. Bruschi has a light sculpture at Unison Arts Center’s Sculpture Garden in
New Paltz, he will be doing an installation at Islip (Long Island) Art Museum’s Carriage House from August
through October, he will also create a sculpture for the Peekskill Project . He has exhibited his work at The
Arts Upstairs in Phoenicia, Varga Gallery in Woodstock, and Farfetched Gallery in Kingston. One of his
neon sandwiches was in the 2005 Kingston Sculpture Biennial, and three sandwiches were in the first NYC
Glass Biennial at UrbanGlass in 1994. The Islip Art Museum has one of his sculptures in their permanent
collection. More of his work can be seen at his website, www.donaldbruschi.com.
ASK’s gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday, noon to five. Admission is free. Don Bruschi’s show will
be in the Main Gallery and a group show of work by members of the ASK Board who are visual artists will be
in the Members’ Lounge Gallery.
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