"My work explores the nature of cycles and the emergence of growth from decay. It’s tactile and fragile – a combination of unfired clay, fabric, and wax. Driven to manipulate raw materials into something new and unrecognizable, I enjoy the physicality of building, tearing apart, and mending together – striving to create work that is at once ethereal and visceral. I use imagery that suggests a human presence, including hair, skin, and bones – elements that can be lost, sloughed off, become broken, and regenerate over time. ‘Almost Contained’ is a process-driven study of form through repetition. The large scale, site-specific work is comprised of approximately 800-900 individual pieces. It’s completely integrated with the space, using the gate as an anchor and the ambient elevator light as a third component." -AH

Allison Hudson was born and raised outside Philadelphia, PA. After earning her B.A. from Vassar in Asian Studies, she studied painting and sculpture at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and ceramic sculpture in the MFA program at the University of Arizona. She went on to pursue creative careers including a ten-year stint as an entrepreneur and a nationally recognized cake designer. In 2020, Allison rededicated herself to her work as a professional artist. Since then, her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows including The Delaware Contemporary Museum, Mark Borghi, Automat, and James Baird, and has been recognized in several publications, including Fiber Art Now, ArteMorbida, and Create Magazine. Currently, Allison lives and works in Philadelphia.

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@allisonhudsonart

A 100th birthday celebration for the elevator

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR A NEW DATE!

DEEP DATA (the elevator)

1821: Aquatic Pathways

THE ARTIST IS NOT:

a sound experiment in being

History is not stagnant and still. It moves and shifts with every decade.

Freight Gallery is pleased to present Foster K. White’s powerful photograph D.Y.Y.O. (Do You Young One) in the elevator. Foster’s striking image dives into the portrayal of black men in the United States as faceless, feared, and chained. This piece is a portrait of Artist Dyyo (Do You Young One) for his album “People Are Scared,” created in collaboration with longtime friend, Taryn Harris.

 Foster K. White, born in Philadelphia and raised in Maryland, has been exploring digital and medium format photography for more than a dozen years. Foster draws deep inspiration from the legendary Blue Note Jazz record covers and the iconic careers of such artists as Gordon Parks and Francis Wolff, blending music’s rhythm with the subtleties of lighting. Portraiture is his main form of expression and each project he undertakes is an attempt to push his understanding of how light interacts with a subject and how it shapes perception.

 Foster has worked in fashion for the past ten five years. He is a media and communication professional with a background is in cinematography/film production, video editing, and voice acting. Foster is also an audiophile and works with audio engineering and curating sounds. He will be launching a radio station in the near future to further pursue these endeavors. Foster lives and works in Washington, DC and maintains a studio at Off The Beaten Track. This is his first exhibition since the beginning of the pandemic.

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Freight Gallery is pleased to present Lisa Rosenstein’s site-specific installation

WILL YOU REMEMBER THIS

an immersive installation made from recycled plastic

Moments in time…what are we doing each moment, how do these moments hold us together, keep us connected, or keep us apart…each action we take leads to another; each action we take is another moment. We breathe, we think, we feel, we look, we touch, we are touched, we sleep, we cry, we live, we die, we rejoice, we grieve. We are constantly experiencing life, even in our dreams, but what is it we remember?

This installation has grown over the years and taken many shapes and served many purposes. People have sat inside it, been married under it, walked through it and around it. Parts of this piece were included in a music video. Made from discarded plastic, each piece of this ever-changing artwork is individually torn and stretched, then tied back together into a free-form woven net. The essence remains while its presence expands and evolves. Each piece is a moment in time joined to another moment in time.

Step inside, experience the moment and you become part of the piece. Will you remember this?

LKR

2023

About the artist:

Lisa K. Rosenstein, mother of three, is a graduate of the Corcoran College of Art and Design. She has exhibited her work in Washington DC, New York, and Korea. Rosenstein’s work is included in many private and public collections worldwide, including the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank, Capital One Bank, American Beverage Association, and Google in Washington, DC. Rosenstein is a resident artist at Otis Street Arts Project in Mt. Ranier, MD. She is deeply grateful to all the people who have entered into her life because of art.

More information can be found on her website lisakrosenstein.com

SYMBIONT is a meditative, immersive, interactive installation comprising of audio-reactive and sensor-driven real-time generative video, pulse sensors and fiber-optic wire where a main participant’s heartbeat is seen and felt by other participants.