BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Brookfield Place New York | BFPL - ECPv5.16.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Brookfield Place New York | BFPL X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bfplny.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Brookfield Place New York | BFPL BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210315T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210625T220000 DTSTAMP:20250524T074529 CREATED:20210205T150632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220614T194504Z UID:27184-1615795200-1624658400@bfplny.com SUMMARY:Tatiana Arocha: Anhelo Un Bosque\, Anhelo De Alba\, Anhelo DESCRIPTION:Extended to June 25 \nCurated by Kendal Henry \nColombian visual artist Tatiana Arocha’s work is rooted in her layered relationship to her country’s vulnerable lands\, particularly its rainforests. Arocha recreates environments that both visually beckon and entice\, but also serve as a reminder of the historical and continued exploitation of natural ecosystems. Her work seeks to make the continued destruction of remaining natural regions—which often feels abstract—real and personal\, inviting the viewer to both delight in nature and challenging them to form a meaningful\, immediate relationship to its endurance. \nArocha’s process for creating work originates from fieldwork she does in the tropical forests of Colombia\, Brazil\, and Peru. She seeks to learn more deeply about the ecology of the region\, and documents and archives plants by pressing\, collecting\, and photographing specimens that will later be transformed in the studio using a variety of digital and analog approaches\, including drawing\, monoprints\, digital painting\, and other techniques. Arocha alters the array of flora and fauna she has collected to recreate and reimagine endangered ecosystems. Working mostly in a monochromatic palette of black\, white\, and grey\, the artist employs occasional shimmers of gold within her work which act as a metaphor for the endangered natural world and a reminder of human greed and the violent costs of extractive economies. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nTatiana Arocha is a visual artist originally from Bogotá\, Colombia and now based in Brooklyn. Her practice involves creating detailed\, layered\, graphic compositions and applications of digital techniques learned during her former career as a graphic designer and illustrator. Arocha has exhibited internationally as well as locally in the New York area\, with solo shows at Sugar Hill’s Children Museum for Arts & Storytelling and the Queens Botanical Garden\, and group exhibitions at Smack Mellon\, Wave Hill\, BRIC\, and The Wassaic Project\, as well as the Lightbox Exhibition Project for the MTA Arts & Design in the NYC subway from 2017-2019. In 2019\, she received a Sustainable Arts Foundation award for mixed media. Arocha has participated in LABverde Art Immersion Program\, located in the Brazilian Amazon; Centro Selva\, in the Peruvian Amazon; Arquetopia\, Puebla\, Mexico; and has been awarded residencies at Wassaic Project\, Wassaic\, NY; and Zea Mays Printmaking Residency\, Northampton\, MA. Learn more at tatianaarocha.com. \nWORKS EXHIBITED: \nLa chagra de Amoka\, 2019\nArchival latex print on cotton canvas\, hand-painted with gold acrylic\n157 x 58 in. \nEl río en el que nos bañamos\, 2019\nArchival latex print on cotton canvas\, hand-painted with gold acrylic\n157 x 58 in. \nEl sauco de Ananse\, 2019\nArchival latex print on cotton canvas\, hand-painted with gold acrylic\n157 x 58 in. \nAll events and activations at Brookfield Place adhere to New York State regulations to ensure the safety of the public and staff.  \nRECEIVE A FREE GIFT! \nAttend at least one art installation or event presented by Brookfield Properties at each of the following three locations—Brookfield Place\, Manhattan West\, and Brooklyn Commons—and you’ll receive a gift! Email a photo of each event attended to arts@brookfield.com for verification and we’ll give you a fun treat. URL:https://bfplny.com/arocha2021/ LOCATION:Winter Garden Gallery CATEGORIES:Exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bfplny.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/website_tatiana.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR