From Washington to New York City

Gordon Binder and Beverly Logan
Curated by Mary Higgins

Wednesday, May 22nd through Saturday, June 15th, 2024

As Washingtonians, we live in one of the great cities of the world. Two hundred and fifty miles north lies another one, New York City. Together they are among the world leaders in global events, finance, fashion, and the arts.

Gordon Binder focuses his artwork on the cities themselves. Luscious drawings and paintings of grand skylines, urban landscapes, iconic buildings, parks, and memorials. He shows his art in individual works that encourage the viewer to focus on one scene at a time.

Beverly Logan focuses her camera on what lies between. She has taken hundreds of images from the train and puts snippets of photos into collages that represent what travelers glimpse as they occasionally look out the window.

Through their artwork, the two artists tell the story of contemporary America: urban centers, small towns, open spaces, factories, graffiti-lined brick walls. Along the tracks, passengers view decay and rebirth as they pass newly-built expensive high-rise buildings and dilapidated homes. The residents of each share the deafening sounds of trains in their backyards, but do they ever think of the other?

The artists invite viewers to experience the exhibition itself as a journey, a metaphor for what we choose to see and what passes us by: From Washington to New York City.

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***86th and Columbus (East)*** - UP-211
Gordon Binder
Oil on stretched canvas
10” x 8”
$385
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***TRASH HEAP***
Beverly Logan
2024
Unique Handmade Photo Collage
Archival Pigment Prints
30” x 24” Framed
$950
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***7th Avenue (South) at 43rd Street*** - UP-237
Gordon Binder
Handworked monotype in oil (black background, second edition)
12” x 10”
$585
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***The Capital*** - UP-303
Gordon Binder
Watercolor on paper
12” x 9”
$385
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***HIGHWAY***
Beverly Logan
2024
Unique Handmade Photo Collage
Archival Pigment Prints
30” x 24” Framed
$950
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***GRAFFITI***
Beverly Logan
2024
Unique Handmade Photo Collage
Archival Pigment Prints
30” x 24” Framed
$950
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Three years ago I moved to DC from New York City. I travel frequently between the two because I consider each my home. In many ways, the train ride feels like a third home as the scenes I pass have become familiar sights.

I grab a window seat and when the train pulls out of the station, I prop my iPhone against the window and press the shutter almost continuously blindly capturing whatever the camera takes in.

What I see when I edit the work is the “fly-over” terrain that lies between two magnificent cities: small towns, open spaces, factories, graffiti-lined brick walls. I view decay and rebirth as the train passes newly-built expensive high-rise buildings and dilapidated homes. The residents of each share the deafening sound of trains in their backyards. I can’t see the people, but I wonder what else they share with each other and us - the passers-by.

As the train speeds sixty or seventy miles an hour, I can only grasp snippets of what lies outside my window much like images in a dream. To replicate that sensation, I print my photographs, combine images, cut out buildings, houses, graffiti, and piece the segments together in collages. My goal is to tell a story of contemporary America.

-Beverly Logan