Aldrich Edition Launch Party in New York City
October 2007
Todd Hebert—2005 Aldrich Emerging Artist Award Recipient—will preview his new Aldrich Edition, Ball and Snowman, with a SNOW BALL reception hosted by The Aldrich and Jack Shainman Gallery on 513 West 20th Street in New York City on Thursday, October 25, 2007, from 6 to 8 pm .
The launch party will include snow cone cocktails, hidden treasures, and the unveiling of Hebert's stunning edition. All proceeds from the sale of this limited edition benefit The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. For more information about the event please contact Elizabeth Zeder at 203.438.4519 or ezeder@aldrichart.org.
Aldrich Editions was established in 1998 to present limited edition works by emerging and mid-career artists who have exhibited at The Aldrich. This program offers The Aldrich’s community an opportunity to make an investment in an original work of contemporary art at an affordable price and to simultaneously support the Museum. For more information about Aldrich Editions please contact Patti Maciesz at 203.438.4519 or pmaciesz@aldrichart.org.
Ball and Snowman—the black and white Aldrich Edition by Todd Hebert—is uncharacteristic for the artist as it moves from the atmospheric towards the graphic in style. The patterning of the work appears abstract at first; but the closer the viewer looks, the more there is to discover. On second glance, the eye begins to discern white birch trees, hidden soccer balls, and snowmen! The 2007 edition is comprised of 30 woodblock prints, each on Japanese Yayoi paper, approximately 14 by 32 inches in size. Ball and Snowman is published by Pilliod Records, New York.
Todd Hebert was born in Valley City, ND, in 1972. He received a BFA from the University of North Dakota in 1996, and in 1998 earned an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Hebert has been a fellow at both the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA; and the Core Program, Glassel School of Art, in Houston, TX. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles and is represented by Mark Moore Gallery, CA, and by Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
The Aldrich is one of the few non-collecting contemporary art museums in the United States. Founded on Ridgefield’s historic Main Street in 1964, the Museum enjoys the curatorial independence of an alternative space while maintaining the registrarial and art-handling standards of a national institution. Exhibitions feature work by emerging and mid-career artists, and education programs help adults and children to connect to today’s world through contemporary art.
