Lift Trucks Project
| Established | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Location | Croton Falls, New York |
| Director | Scott Everett, Pamela Hart |
| Website | ltproject |
Lift Trucks Project is a project space and artist studio located in Croton Falls, New York. It features up to four long-term exhibitions per year with notable pieces by FA-Q, Christo, Ottmar Hoerl, Ed Roth ("Big Daddy"), A. R. Penck, Sailor Jerry, and others. In addition, Lift Trucks features a permanent "Arts and Industry" exhibit with industrial artifacts and folk art items on exhibit. The name Lift Trucks is derived from the former occupants a forklift repair, sales and service business that occupied the building for over 75 years.
Lift Trucks Project held its inaugural exhibition on June 7, 2009 entitled "From a Factory Floor". This featured a collaboration between Master Printmaker Gary Lichtenstein and 14 artists including Alex Katz, Gary Panter, Karl Benjamin, Ken Price, Jack Micheline, and others. Curated by Lichtenstein, it features his collaborative Silkscreen renderings of these artists' works. The second exhibition of "From a Factory Floor" took place on August 20, 2009.
The second exhibition took place on October 10, 2009 and was entitled "Stefanelli-Hammerstein". It was on display until November 24, 2009.[6] It featured a collaboration of drawings and paintings from notable artists Andy Hammerstein and Joe Stefanelli. Mr Stefanelli is one of the last remaining AbEx painters from the famous group formed in the 1950s.
This exhibit took place on January 16, 2010, and was sponsored by The Westchester Land Trust. It was the 8th annual photography show featuring over 160 photographs and 70 photographers. The exhibit was based on photographs of Westchester County, New York and was judged by photographer J. Henry Fair
Lift Truck Projects' fourth exhibit opened on January 30, 2010. It was curated by Pamela J. Hart, the writer in residence from the Katonah Museum of Art and featured collaborations among artists and writers. In the exhibit "Each work in the show is paired with a text, sometimes old, sometimes commissioned especially for the exhibition and published in the catalog." Notable artists included Saul Steinberg, A. R. Penck, Picasso, Rockwell Kent, LeRoy Neiman, along with notable writers such as[James Balestrieri, Marilyn Johnson and Ben Cheever.
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