ROVER YONDER is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition “Before the wind blows it all away,” curated by Claudia Martinez Reardon, opening Friday, October 23, 2009. This sculpture show marks Rover Yonders’ first in a series of site specific, multi-artist installations around New York City. Rover Yonder seeks to promote young and emerging artists through nomadic art projects that challenge traditional notions of the exhibition space. This show will highlight the works of Hanna Liden, James Walton, Shaun Acton, Justin Adian, Uri Aran, Jose Krapp, John Finneran, Nichole Arvin, and Shawn Curtis.

“Before the wind blows it all away” takes inspiration from the transformative power of art and the anarchic beauty of urban decay. Altering the land through sculpture and installations, each artist reconstructs the contours of this once derelict lot into a conceptual playground.  While each artist employs unique interpretations and practices, they are united in this common exercise in urban regeneration.

As the viewer enters the exhibition space, they are met by a monumental sculpture by Shaun Acton.  Created from repurposed drum parts, the sculpture undulates in concert with the environment.  From its rigging in the earth to the breeze that fills its volume, the sail reflects the symbioses of natural, industrial and recycled elements.  A pyramid of fabricated rats by Whitney Biennial alum Hanna Liden juxtaposes an iconic and grotesque byproduct of urban life with the structured order they oppose.  Jose Krapp’s screen of smoke forms a veil, a stage set for revolution.  From each of these and several more discrete works “Before the wind blows it all away” invites viewers to create their own narrative, a convergence of creative will, landscape and time.