For Immediate Release Contact: Karen Mulcahy Yizhak Elyashiv: Prints & Drawings from Ireland, 2000 – 2005 Beth Galston: Ice Forest September 15 – October 15, 2005 Yizhak Elyashiv opens a show of large scale work on paper at Reeves Contemporary on Thursday evening, September 15th with an artists’ reception between 6-8 p.m. Beth Galston, a Boston-based conceptual artist, presents “Ice Forest”, an installation of suspended ‘rose stems’ in clear Lucite, as part of this two- person exhibition. The show continues through October 15th. Elyashiv, now working and teaching in Providence, Rhode Island, is an Israeli artist who has done collaborative projects with numerous well-known printmaking studios, in an effort to realize his ambitious, large-scale works. Some of the works measure six by ten feet, at times incorporating sixty plates, with an intricate webbing of map-like marks connecting the discrete plates. Over painted marks interject color and graphic impact on the etched monoprints. The new series of ‘maps’ incorporates Hebrew prayers – these become the rhythmic patterning that punctuate and elevate the prints to an elegant and compelling statement of quiet force. Galston, whose work has recently been shown at the DeCordova Museum as well as numerous other institutions, has been experimenting with floor based installations that in some way recapitulate elements of the natural world in unnatural materials. The installation featured in this exhibition, “Ice Forest”, extrapolates the austere form of the rose stem and recasts it in a clear medium. These are suspended from the ceiling from monofilament in a forest of forms, reflecting light and casting linear shadows on the floor. The ultimate impression is that one is surrounded by icy thorns that are actually quite fragile, and hauntingly beautiful. Reeves Contemporary is open Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 5:30 and by appointment. For more information, contact the gallery at 212-714-0044