New Park Slope art exhibit explores income inequality
An art exhibit examining income inequality called “In Search of One City: Sensing (in)equality” kicked off at the Old Stone House in Park Slope on Thursday. The exhibit, which will run on Friday for the next two months, features pieces that creatively use jukeboxes, maps and audio and visual equipment to explain inequality using more than just one sense.
The exhibit’s title is loosely based on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign phrase “In Search of One City” and makes use of artists who have a reputation for creating interpretations and solutions for local and national policy debates.
“I was inspired to do a show about income inequality because it has been such a key issue in local and national news and debates,” said the exhibit’s curator Katherine Gressel. “It was mainly inspired by the fact that I come in contact with a lot of artists. I noticed a lot of these particular artists that were doing projects that, to me, drove home the point of income inequality, the causes behind it and finding ways to address it.”