Opening Reception: 'Ichnoliths' by Nathaniel Lieb

Amos Eno Gallery, a non-profit, artist-run gallery, is pleased to present Ichnoliths*, an exhibition by Nathaniel Lieb, on view from November 7 to December 15, 2024.

Nathaniel Lieb’s work traces common moments and actions to reveal underlying significance. Toward that end he has worked across various mediums, sculpture, video, performance, ceramics, sound, and others. 

With Ichnoliths, Nathaniel finds new sculptural forms in the banal results of everyday activity, and for this project he has mined his pockets. He dug out the lost and forgotten nuggets of paper buried within. Presenting these curious objects to us electroplated in copper, gold, silver, etc. By plating them he removes them from their formation, allowing us to see them separate from the chance and time that they were created. Was that a dollar bill? A receipt, or maybe a straw wrapper? Their strange and unfamiliar forms are the compressed record of a person’s passage. How they were made blends with what they were, what they mean and what they suggest. Ichnoliths allow people to recognize that their moments and gestures leave a wake that is resonant.

*Ichnofossils, or trace fossils, are made from the biological activity of lifeforms but not the preserved remains of the organism itself. They include tracks, trails, feces, and burrows.

About the Artist

Nathaniel Lieb lives and works in Brooklyn and has shown both nationally and internationally. His work can be found in select public and private collections. He had a solo show, Wad You Say, 2022 at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in Narrowsburg, NY. He was Artist in Residence at Amherst College in 2015. His site-specific piece Duet in Marble, 2018 can be seen at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in Rutland, VT. Another site-work, Morongo, can be found at A-Z Projects, High Desert Test Site in Joshua Tree, CA. To get a fuller understanding of his work or arrange a meeting please visit www.nathaniellieb.com.