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Sunday, 28 May 2006 | Senay
Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life
Jean Blackburn
Pierced Safflower 2002
Transitional Objects : Contemporary Still Life
September 17, 2006 - January 21, 2007
Neuberger Museum of Art
Curated by Dede Young, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life is a thematic exhibition, presenting art by more than 20 artists that will examine still life as a genre recast in recent years, layered with new heroic, social, political, personal and psychological meaning.
The exhibition will place together objects made since 1990, including painting, sculpture, installation/tableau, by artists who push the traditional, fixed meaning of still life beyond historic roots and the pop culture focus on consumerism. Selected works reflect shifting cultural values regarding: affluence, ecological pollution, homelessness, sexuality, endangered mental health, and spiritual and moral decline.
In addition to engaging discussions about these issues, the exhibition will show the ongoing role of painting. The publication essay for Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life will consider the range of techniques and materials, historical circumstances, aesthetic qualities and theoretical issues as well as highlight the artists' ideas and intentions and will include color reproductions and a bibliography.
Artists in the exhibition:
Jean Blackburn, Michelle Charles, Emily Eveleth, Subodh Gupta, Ann Hamilton, Julie Heffernan, Tony Feher, Robert Gober, Liza Lou, Josiah McElheny, Cornelia Parker, Peggy Preheim, Jonathan Seliger, Beverly Semmes, Jane Simpson, George Stoll, Gavin Turk, Maria Tomasula.
Curated by Dede Young, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Neuberger Museum of Art.
Neuberger Museum of Art
Located
On the campus of Purchase College,
State University of New York
10 minutes from White Plains, NY
10 minutes from Greenwich, CT
45 minutes from mid-town Manhattan
Open
Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 4 pm
Saturday - Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm
For more information : http://www.neuberger.org/
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