|
|  | Object Project
Fri Feb 20, 2009
Sat May 23, 2009
Location: Museum of Outdoor Arts
Opening Reception: 2/21/2009
On February 20, the Museum of Outdoor Arts in Englewood, Colorado will open an exhibition of works by some of America's leading proponents of contemporary realism. The exhibition, which is being traveled throughout the U.S. by the Evansville Museum, was curated by M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-Chief of American Artist, Watercolor, Drawing, & Workshop Magazine.
The organizing concept for the Object Project is brilliant in both its simplicity and its depth. Fifteen artists agreed to create one multi-panel painting or two similarly sized paintings, with the stipulation being that five common objects: a clear glass of water, a moth, a ball of string, a bone, and a mirror; would appear in some fashion within those pictures. The artists committed themselves to incoporatinng the objects in any way they saw fit. The intention was to present paintings that would be unified by the five common objects and, at the same time, seperated by the individual responses offered by each artist. It was assumed the final exhibition would be more about the unique vision of each artist than it would be about the repeated elements. Here is a video podcast and audio podcast of the panel discussion.
 View more images
| Curatorial Statement: "Giving 15 highly-imaginative individuals five quite disparate objects to assess and interpret is the ultimate Artist's "What-Does-It-Make-You-Think-Of?" Rorschach Test. And, not surprisingly, the resultant works are as unique and varied in style and temperament as their gifted creators".
John Streetman
Director, Evansville Museum | | Artist Statement: Artists included in Object Project: Steven Assael, Michael Bergt, Debra Bermingham, Deborah Deichler, Rob Evans, Scott Fraser, F. Scott Hess, Robert C. Jackson, Janet Monafo, Pamela Sienna, Daniel Sprick, Skip Steinworth, Nancy Switzer, Jeff Uffelman, Will Wilson |
| |
| |
|