Greg Lindquist: Brooklyn Industry
Overview
Presented in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Industry was a solo exhibition of paintings by artist Greg Lindquist. Capturing the changing post-industrial waterfronts and urban landscapes of Brooklyn—particularly along the East River and Red Hook—Lindquist’s paintings explore the tension between industrial decay, gentrification, and ecological transformation. The exhibition examined how Brooklyn's historic manufacturing architecture transitioned into new social, economic, and visual forms during the early 21st century.
Project Context & Curatorial Role
As Curator, I presented Lindquist’s paintings within the public spaces of BAM's Peter Jay Sharp Building, bringing local urban geography and painterly reflections on Brooklyn's industrial heritage directly into dialogue with BAM's cultural audience. Lindquist’s work documents the shifting physical fabric of Brooklyn, recording crumbling factories, grain silos, and waterfront infrastructure before their redevelopment or demolition. Operating between historical landscape tradition and modern environmental critique, the paintings capture a key transitional moment in Brooklyn's history—mapping how industrial history lingers in the contemporary urban consciousness.
Role: Curator
Date: March 11—April 30, 2009
Location: BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building, Brooklyn, NY
Artist: Greg Lindquist
