
Night
Sky Brooklyn (detail), Renee
Piechocki,
xerox transfer and enamel on canvas, 54 x 54, 1999
Native New Yorker Renee Piechocki recently relocated to Chapel Hill,
North Carolina from Brooklyn, where she spent the past 10 years documenting
the urban landscape in paintings and photo transfers. Night Sky Brooklyn
was exhibited as part of New Directions 01a
national juried exhibition, curated by Charlotta Kotik, curator of
contemporary art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, which was recently
exhibited at the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie in November.
Ms. Piechockis first solo show, Night Skies & Landings
Series opened on November 27 in the Taller Boricua Gallery at
the Julia De Burgos Cultural Center in Manhattan and will be on display
until January 12.