Rock: an installation by Amy Tavern
As part of the Closing Party celebration, Velvet da Vinci is pleased to introduce a new site-specific installation by Amy Tavern inside the gallery’s two-story elevator and garage. Rock presents ideas of permanence and stability and includes a 20′ sculpture alongside a series of drawings of rocks, cliffs, mountains, and faults.
June 3-June 11
![Rock, 2017, Tyvek, silk suture thread, cotton darning thread, approximately 20' x 6' x 2'](http://www.velvetdavinci.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rock_Full-750.jpg)
Rock, 2017, Tyvek, silk suture thread, cotton darning thread, approximately 20′ x 6′ x 2′
![Rock, detail, 2017, Tyvek, silk suture thread, cotton darning thread, approximately 20' x 6' x 2'](http://www.velvetdavinci.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rock_Detail-750.jpg)
Rock, detail, 2017, Tyvek, silk suture thread, cotton darning thread, approximately 20′ x 6′ x 2′
![Rock, detail, 2017, Tyvek, silk suture thread, cotton darning thread, approximately 20' x 6' x 2'](http://www.velvetdavinci.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rock_Detail_3-750.jpg)
Rock, detail, 2017, Tyvek, silk suture thread, cotton darning thread, approximately 20′ x 6′ x 2′
![Installation View](http://www.velvetdavinci.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Garage1-750.jpg)
Installation View of drawings
![Sounds Like, 2016, Tyvek, 45" x 55"](http://www.velvetdavinci.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Garage2-750.jpg)
Sounds Like, 2016, Tyvek, 45″ x 55″
![Rocks, Mountains, Cliffs, Faults, 2017, ink and powdered graphite on graph paper, 8" x 11" each](http://www.velvetdavinci.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Garage4-750.jpg)
Rocks, Cliffs, Mountains, Faults, 2017, ink and powdered graphite on graph paper, 8″ x 11″ each
![A rock drawing from the series, Rocks Mountains, Cliffs, Faults, 2017, ink and powdered graphite on graph paper, 8" x 11"](http://www.velvetdavinci.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/RockDrawings2-750.jpg)
A rock drawing from the series, Rocks, Cliffs, Mountains, Faults, 2017, ink and powdered graphite on graph paper, 8″ x 11″
![Rock_Side_Full-750](http://www.velvetdavinci.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rock_Side_Full-750.jpg)
Rock, 2017, Tyvek, silk suture thread, cotton darning thread, approximately 20′ x 6′ x 2′