Steven Siegel Albany

Beginning in April, Steven Siegel’s seminal work, Biography, will be on view at the Albany International Airport. This mixed-media installation is an epic 150′ long mural incorporating materials drawn from our contemporary day to day life – remnants of wire, recycled newspapers, shredded tires, computer parts, and fabrics. From afar, Biography looks like a vast topographical map: cables and hard drives mime cities; black power cords read like highways; spines of newspapers resemble beaches and mountains, and carpet scraps in rich browns and oranges recall aerial views of farms. Siegel uses the detritus of our culture to weave a ravishing, glittering, and glistening visual symphony in all its synthetic, inorganic wonder.