On view through June at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse – Rhythm & Flow by David Barthold and Josh Lambert!
The exhibit brings together the vibrant, material-driven practices of Barthold and Lambert in a dynamic dialogue of structure, motion, and pattern. Both artists explore rhythm—Barthold through the exuberant visual culture of urban life and Lambert through the intuitive sequencing of abstract form.
Barthold’s sculptures draw from the theatrical and the everyday, transforming metal, sign paint, and salvaged materials into playful yet poignant assemblages. His works evoke the ornate façades of Brooklyn brownstones, the whimsy of roadside Americana, and the pulse of the city itself. They are vibrant totems of visual noise and human ambition, rooted in place and memory.
Lambert’s wall-based constructions focus on rhythm as a process of iteration and variation. Layering pigment onto wood panels, he creates tactile compositions that can be viewed as visual scores — each panel a beat, each work a shifting cadence.
Together, Barthold and Lambert offer a meditation on flow — of cities, time, and form — where structure meets improvisation and repetition gives rise to invention.
Rhythm & Flow
An exhibition by David Barthold & Josh Lambert
Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, 165 2nd Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7, 6-9pm
On view Saturdays in June (7, 14, 21, 28), 1-5pm
