The Sloan Fine Art is hosting Bruce Bickford's "The Uplands" in its Project Room for a run through March 8. A legend in animation circles, Bickford created his first claymation animation in the mid 1960s, gained notoriety through his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s and continues to create new lovingly constructed, labor-intensive animations, sculpture and works on paper in the basement studio of his Seattle, Washington home. Bickford's work has been exhibited at museums and galleries including the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM), The Seattle Art Museum, Feigen Contemporary and Clementine Gallery. Completed in 1987 with a running time of 28 minutes, PROMETHEUS' GARDEN is considered Bickford's masterpiece and is the first animation over which the artist had total creative control. While the film, along with other works, was recently exhibited at the AVAM in Baltimore, this is the first time it has been shown in New York and will run continuously throughout the "Uplands" exhibition, alongside new works on paper.
Sloan Fine Art is located in a ground-floor, 1,500-square-foot converted mortgage bankers office just blocks from the New Museum on New York's Lower East Side. It includes a main exhibition area and project room space. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm, Friday and Saturday, 12:00 noon to 8:00 pm, and by appointment. The closest subway stops are the Delancey/Essex stop on the F, J, M or Z and the Second Ave. stop on the F or V.
