Michael Joo and the Mysteries of Cameron's Line at The Aldrich on Sunday

 

The Aldrich ~ Talk: Michael Joo and the Mysteries of Cameron's Line on Sunday, June 29 · 2 pm to 3:30 pm

Michael Joo's exhibition Drift, created specifically for The Aldrich, is based on the artist's meditation on Cameron's Line, an ancient suture fault that traces the edge of the continental collision that initiated the formation of the Appalachian Mountains and is defined by a belt of marble that includes the famous quarries of Vermont. The exhibition is characterized by a massive displacement of Vermont marble that takes the form of a fourteen-hundred-square-foot chamber, whose chilled and frosted ceiling echoes the marble's crystalline structure.

Investigate this geological inspiration at a gallery talk where Joo and renowned expert Dr. Charles Merguerian, Hofstra University Chair and Professor of Geology, will engage in a cross-disciplinary discussion connecting contemporary art, science, and the rich natural resources surrounding the Museum.

Dr. Merguerian joined Hofstra's Geology Department in 1981. Today, as Chair and Professor of Geology, he has thirty years of professional experience in geologic mapping and structural analysis of metamorphic terrains throughout the United States. He has performed pure and applied research and published nearly 150 geological maps, papers, technical reports, and abstracts from such widely separated areas as southeastern New York and New York City, New Jersey, western Connecticut and Massachusetts, central and southern California, and Nevada.

Merguerian is recognized as the leading authority on the geologic structure and tectonics of the New York City area. He has vast experience speaking at local, national, and international professional and public meetings on various geological topics, and has been interviewed in scores of televised news reports, news specials, and documentaries. He is the president of Duke Geological Laboratory in Westbury, New York, and has broad consulting experience with the United States Geological Survey, the California and Connecticut State Geological Surveys, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and many geotechnical and engineering firms.

For more information, please contact Tracy Moore at tmoore@aldrichart.org

FREE for members and children 18 and under
FREE with the price of admission