DUCK HUNTERS CELEBRATE THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON WITH DUCK GUMBO AT CREVASSE 22 | RIVER HOUSE
JANUARY 28, 2018
New Orleans, La. An exhibition exploring the migration patterns of all species of life using the metaphor of birds and boats at Crevasse 22 | River House in Poydras, Louisiana, at 8122 Saro Lane, 25 minutes downriver from the French Quarter celebrates with duck hunters whose habitat and way of life are threatened.
Artist Jana Napoli has mounted an evocative exhibition of work that includes painted and mounted images of ducks as they are spread out on the ground by hunters after the hunt, with videos of the hunters who address the disappearance of the marshes due to coastal erosion and ocean rise.
She has invited the hunters she has worked with and the public to a special brunch of duck gumbo and other treats at the River House between 11am – 4pm on Sunday, the 28th of January.
Jana’s exhibition is included with a rich combination of contemporary and traditional art works both in the art center/museum River House, and the adjacent sculpture garden Crevasse 22, both located at the site of the 1922 crevasse, or breach, in the Mississippi river that flooded the entire parish.
The Migration exhibition includes wood carvings of wild fowl by world renowned carvers, many from St. Bernard Parish and works by bird chronicler John James Audubon who painted birds in Louisiana and other places throughout the United States from 1827-1839. Historic works also include water colors and ink drawings by Walter Anderson, best known for his images that document the wildlife on islands off the shore of the state of Mississippi.
Contemporary works include a wide range of sculptures, installations, drawings, photographs and a mural in the River House and more sculptures outdoors.
Artists included are Jacqueline Bishop, Pippin Frisbee Calder, Carolyn Sommers, Robert Tannen, Frank Gehry, Gary Cecchine, Willie White, Mitchell Gaudet, Raine Bedsole, Susan Giselson, Donna Dotson and Andy Moerloein, Clifton Faust, Gene Koss, and Chris Salcedo.
“The site is located in a classic Louisiana landscape, next to a small lake carved into Bayou Terre Aux Boeufs. Families are welcome and can also enjoy the trails in the woods just behind the art site,” said Creative Alliance of New Orleans Executive Director, Jeanne Nathan.
“The Torres | Burns Trust is happy to welcome and is enjoying the visitors who have discovered a part of St. Bernard they didn’t know was here, including the landscape, the art, and the people who have both returned and recently resettled here as we recapture our Parish from the impact of Katrina,” said Sidney Torres, owner with Roberta Burns of the 30+ acre site.
Crevasse 22 | River House, presently a P.S. Satellites project of Prospect New Orleans, is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am – 4pm, and by appointment. For more information please call 504.218.4807.
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