The Women's Caucus for Art comes to New York

This is an article about an exhibition presented by the Women's Art Caucus held from May-June 2012 at an art gallery in New York City's trendy art-inspired neighborhood of Chelsea in Lower Manhattan. The article first appeared on Examiner.com on May 16, 2012, with the headline 'Women's Art Caucus presents environmentally themed show at Chelsea gallery.'

Denise Bibro Fine Art in Chelsea is hosting an exhibition by the Women’s Caucus for Art titled Petroleum Paradox: For Better or Worse? The exhibition offers works from 31 artists that include photographs, collages, prints, videos, and other installations.

While each work in the show reflects each artist’s unique form of expression, each work conveys the same idea and concept. With their works, each artist illustrates in one way or another the importance of balancing and maintaining economic development, environmental, and political stability.

One of the most colorful pieces on display is Elaine Alibrandi’s painting made from aluminum foil titled Outcome depicting a forest of skinny, bare trees against a fiery, red and orange background. Another notable work in the show is a multi-colored mixed media collage of squares and rectangles varying in size titled Drill It, Pump It, Carry It, Bury It by Allegra Davis Burke.

Similarly, Tracy Brown’s digital archival piece titled Massive Pile Up illustrates a symmetrical image on a black background with designs of small, random, colorful objects all jumbled together. The various objects include sneakers, slippers, soda bottles, tubes of nail polish, tubes of lipstick, musical instruments, and outlines of birds in all four corners.

The exhibition was juried by art critic Eleanor Heartney and is sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) which is an organization founded in 1972 in connection with the College Art Association (CAA). The WCA’s mission is to honor the contributions of women in artistic fields and to provide them with leadership opportunities, professional development, while supporting national and global art activism.

The WCA’s Co-president, Marcia Anneneberg has said that “this exhibit seeks to raise awareness of the imminent danger of uncontrolled climate change, caused by an excessive dependency on fossil fuels... It is our generation that has been called to this task.”