Twist – Layer – Pour,
SONDRA N. ARKIN, JOAN BELMAR
& MARY EARLY
CURATED BY SARAH TANGUY
September 5–October 22, 2017
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
September 5–October 22, 2017
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
OPENING RECEPTION
SEPTEMBER 9, 6–9 PM
Mix and mingle with the artists, curators, and
fellow museum patrons at the opening of our
fall exhibitions. Free and open to all.
GALLERY TALK
SEPTEMBER 28, 6–7:30 PM
Curator Sarah Tanguy discusses process and
inspiration for the installations with the artists
Sondra N. Arkin, Joan Belmar, and Mary Early.
Free and open to all.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
In Twist
– Layer – Pour, the unexpected grouping of Sondra N. Arkin,
Joan Belmar and Mary Early yields a dynamic, site-responsive med-
itation on systemized components and accumulated wholes. Step by
step, link by link, their obsessive object-making becomes a metaphor
for conscious and intuitive gesture, relational interconnectivity, and the
passage of time.
At once public and private, monumental and intimate, the works
pro-
fess an unswerving passion for their chosen materials: steel wire,
synthetic papers, and beeswax. Individual variances and details in-
vite close attention while, in the aggregate, distilled shapes and rhyth-
mic patterns emerge. Whether the viewer roams among the works or
stands still, the artwork expands, surrounds and cascades all around.
Together the installations create a kaleidoscope of contrasting
per-
spectives and engage all aspects of their architectural setting— oor,
ceiling, and wall, be it double- or single-height, curved, straight, or
glass. The ow of air and the play of light further complicate the in-
teraction between actual and implied motion. From humble materials,
and from individual units, the artists create a new way of experiencing
the space.
Homage
to Mango Street
Chautauqua
Institution Chautauqua, N.Y.
14722
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
03:00pm
Location Strohl Art Center / Gallo Family Gallery
June 25–August 21 / Opening
Reception Wednesday, June 28 / 3–5 p.m.
Curated by VACI Artistic Director Don
Kimes, this exhibition presents works by several contemporary Latino
artists with roots in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, The Dominican Republic,
Venezuela and Cuba. The show is being presented in conjunction with a
visit to Chautauqua by MacArthur Fellow Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street (a
story about Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in
Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become). The House on Mango Street
is the CLSC and Young Readers selection for Week Four, and Cisneros is
speaking at the CLSC Roundtable presentation at the Hall of Philosophy,
3:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 20. A book signing will follow at 4:30 p.m.
at the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall.
Washington
Color Abstraction
At the Gabarron Foundation
March 7 to May 30, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, March 7, 2014, 6-8 pm
New York, February 24, 2014.- This exhibition, curated by Donald Kuspit,
unites the original artists of the Washington Color School with
contemporary artists practicing in DC today. Both inspired by an
environment of bold color and pattern and influenced by the color field
teachers of the 1960's, the artists in this exhibition exemplify
identities that are deeply intelligent, original, and rooted in the
history of their environment. Their community reflects a deep history,
rich with constant dialogue and new ideas.
The visitor could find works of Joan Belmar, Gene Davis, Sam Gilliam,
Carol Brown Goldberg, Pat Goslee, Tom Green, Jason Hughes, Howard
Mehring, W.C. Richardson, Robin Rose, Alma Thomas and Anne
Truitt.
The works in this exhibition were selected from The Artery Collection,
one of the largest collections of work by DC artists. The collection
includes over 1000 works of Washington artists from the 1960's through
the present.
The Gabarron Foundation
– Carriage House Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization and
an exclusive international center specializing in art exhibitions and
other cultural activities. Its main objective is the promotion of
culture, making this multicultural space a cultural reference in the
City of New York. Since 2002 the Carriage House has aspired to be an
excellent platform for the propagation of Hispanic culture in the United
States. This organization promotes exchange and understanding between
cultures, providing a space for interaction and enhanced appreciation of
emerging and established cultural figures from a diverse palette of
countries. The Foundation has collaborated with the United Nations on
the UNEARTH exhibition which is being traveled internationally until
2015.
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