Drawn to Nature August 16, 2011

To demonstrate the lasting influence of the 19th century naturalists, Drawn to Nature sets into motion with a contemporary video projection by Kentucky-born installation and performance artist Murrary Dwertman. Akin to the 19th century painters, Dwertman traded his four-walled New York studio for natural outdoor sites that present unpredictable sets of variables. Heavily influenced by Land art, environmental concepts, and childhood explorations, his installations and immersive events play out in remote locations where he becomes both engineer and facilitator of experiential propositions for himself as well as participant.