current exhibition
Larger than Life: Exploring Scale in Contemporary ArtJune 2 - August 18, 2013
Tristan Lowe, Dumbo, 2001, 10' x 9' x 24', vinyl, acrylic
paint, fan. Since the Egyptians, art has played with the limits of its medium, stretching its size and scope to unfamiliar and unbelievable proportions. From the Great Sphinx of Giza, to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, artists have realized large-scale projects that have pushed the dimensions of their work to new and spectacular heights (and lengths!)
Larger than Life will explore how contemporary artists have begun to use new materials and technologies to reshape the traditional scale of sculpture. Recently, artists have focused of unfamiliar materials and methods of construction, using these elements to investigate the oversized, overstuffed, and uncanny elements in art. This exhibition will encourage viewers to reconsider what they have come to know about the role of art, and the way in which subjects and themes can be represented.
Chuck Close, Brad, 2009, 104" x 78", cotton jacquard
tapestry with some wool and viscose artists
Chuck Close
Viola Frey
Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor
Tristin Lowe
Robb Putnam
Harry Siter
Michael Stutz
Clayton Thiel
Tara Tucker
Top: Michael Stutz, A Bell is a Cup Until it is Struck (detail), 2011, 120" x 78" x 92", found cardboard, plywood, bronze, contact cement, staples
Curriculum Connection: Experience the concept and use of scale in art, and consider how it affects the way we perceive works of art—from humorous changes to ominous mutations.