ICEHOUSE Project Space opened its doors in September of 2018 with the presentation of Dan Devine’s “Inside-Out NASCAR.” This endeavor, organized by KK Kozik in an historic 18th-century icehouse on the town green in the center of Sharon, Connecticut, is a venue for site-specific projects that, in one way or another, demonstrates artists’ engagement with the specific spot where it stands.
The projects executed there, which now number 19 and whose makers include among others Mark Dion, Eric Aho, Janet Biggs, Richard Klein, Kristin Jones, Lisa Hoke and Ryan Frank, have tackled topics ranging from the iron industry of northwestern Connecticut, the decline of winged insects, native versus invasive plants, the gardens surrounding the icehouse, various utterances by William F. Buckley, Jr. (famous resident of Sharon) as well as the historic ice industry.
With each project, the investigation of a new facet of natural and historic life on Upper Main Street in Sharon transforms the icehouse from a small outbuilding into a locus of contemporary art installation.
Project 20
"BIRDBRAIN": works by Michael Ballou, Deborah Brown, Mary Carlson, Jennifer Coates, Valerie Hammond, Wendy Klemperer, Erin Kono, Donna Moylan, Rob Ober, Mike Piggott, Charles Shedden, Fred Tomaselli, Erik Daniel White, and Brenda Zlamany
Project 19
Camille Hoffman's "We Sing Inside Ourselves," curated by Karin Bravin
Project 18
Contra Naturam, a collaborative project by Janet Biggs and Davian Robinson
Project 17
Michael Ballou, KK Kozik, Katia Santibanez and James Siena in Psychedelic Solstice
Project 15
Mark Dion: Field Station for the Melancholy Entomologist
Project 14
Eric Aho's "Vanishing Point"
All images by Eric Aho, courtesy of the artist and DC Moore Gallery
Project 12
Katro Storm "Will it Grown in Sharon?"
Cotton
Project 11
Baggage
Artists: Natalie Baxter, Dan Devine, Ellen Driscoll, Jonathan Fabricant, Ryan Frank, Ghost of a Dream, Theresa Hackett, Sharon Horvath, Kristin Jones, Henry Klimowics, KK Kozik, Kathleen Kucka, Colin Ocon, Marilla Palmer, Courtney Puckett, Russell Steinert, Lawre Stone, Stephen Westfall
Project 10
Richard Klein: "The Understory"
Project 9
Linda Stillman: "Bitter/Sweet"
Project 8
Grand Flag with James Esber, Jane Fine, David Humphreys, et al., and Philip Taaffe
Project 5
Marilla Palmer: Notes on Glamp: A Bluebird's Guide to Glamour