ARTSHOW: Dustin Yellin's New York City Ballet Art Series

Photo Courtesy NYCB New York City Ballet will present the third installation of its Art Series initiative during the Company’s 2015 Winter Season. For the 2015 Art Series, NYCB has commissioned an installation from Dustin Yellin, the Brooklyn-based artist and founder of Red Hook’s Pioneer Works. Yellin’s body of work includes paintings, drawings, installation, performance and sculpture.

Launched in 2013, the New York City Ballet Art Series features annual collaborations between NYCB and contemporary visual artists who create original works inspired by NYCB for exhibition at the Company’s home, the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. For the 2015 Art Series installation, Yellin will exhibit 15 works created as part of an ongoing project that when finished will consist of 100 large-scale glass and mixed-media sculptures each weighing more than 3000 pounds. Yellin calls the sculptures, which resemble multi-dimensional human forms encapsulated in suspended animation, Psychogeographies, as they feel like maps of the psyche. The installation will be on display from January 20 through March 1 during all of NYCB’s 2015 Winter Season performances. NYCB will also host free, open hours for the general public to view the exhibition February 12 through February 22. In addition, NYCB will hold three special Art Series performances, which will take place on Thursday, February 12, Thursday, February 19, and Friday, February 27. Single tickets are priced at just $29 and are on sale now at nycballet.com, or by calling 212-496-0600. All audience members attending these three performances will also receive a special limited-edition takeaway created by Yellin to commemorate the NYCB Art Series collaboration. Launched in 2013, the NYCB Art Series was designed to produce annual collaborations between contemporary visual artists and New York City Ballet in an effort to showcase and celebrate the visual arts during NYCB performances at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. The first two installments of Art Series have featured acclaimed collaborations by FAILE (2013) and JR (2014). Visit www.nycballet.com/artseries.

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