Matt Kenny Explores the Psychological Poetry of NYC in 1515 Church

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
By TAHLIB

NEW YORK---To whom do we belong? Where do we belong? For “1515 Church”, Matt Kenny will exhibit a billboard advertisement for DNA paternity testing at 55 Gansevoort. This sculpture is a replica of a sign located on a sidewalk at 1515 Church Avenue at the juncture of one of the most culturally, economically, and architecturally diverse neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Situated near victorian mansions, a major shopping area, and Prospect Park's Parade Grounds, the billboard's startlingly negative poetry suggests an alternate psychic landscape of personal crisis. An image of a baby sits above the question 'Does he really have his father's eyes?" "1515 Church" is the artist's most recent engagement with the psychological poetry of New York City's ever-changing landscape.