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. An opening reception will take place on Friday, November 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition and opening reception will be at our new location on the Lower East Side at 191 Henry Street between Jefferson and Clinton streets.

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.

About Amos Eno Gallery

Amos Eno Gallery has been a fixture in the New York art scene since 1974 when it opened in Soho. The gallery is open Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. and is run by a small community of professional artists, both from New York City and across the country, and a part-time director. 

The exhibition and opening reception will be at our new location on the Lower East Side at 191 Henry Street between Jefferson and Clinton streets.

Amos Eno Gallery’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

For more information, please contact Gallery Director Ellen Sturm Niz at amosenogallery@gmail.com.