Calculated Risks, an exhibition celebrating the inventive diversity among the faculty studio artists at Wellesley College, will fill the special exhibition galleries of the Davis Museum from Sept. 15 – Dec. 12. Featuring 12 artists who range from emerging to internationally acclaimed, the exhibition displays a broad array of approaches to different media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, animation, collage, photography, video, film and interactive digital media.
Artists include Judith Black, Carlos Dorrien, Bunny Harvey, Clara Lieu, Phyllis McGibbon, Salem Mekuria, C. Meng (Qing-Min Meng), Andrew Mowbray, David Teng Olsen, Daniela Rivera, Christine Rogers and Jeffrey Skoller.
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From Rivera’s and Rogers’ collaborative “Walls” installation of painting and photographs of walls in European museums (including the Louvre, Tate Modern and the Prado) investigating notions of architectural and institutional support; to Mekuria’s film about her native Ethiopia evoking a personal and universal history; to Teng Olsen’s five-channel animation, “Dreamcatcher Harpoon,” filling a black box gallery with moving images that evoke childhood, literature and the environment; to Black’s unconventional portraits of her evolving family and self; the artists featured in Calculated Risks offer a wide-ranging view of the art being created in the Boston area today.
“Some of the artists represented in Calculated Risks work alone in the studio; for others, the process is fundamentally collaborative. All of them interact either directly or indirectly with local and global communities,” says Wellesley’s Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Education and Curator of Prints and Drawings Elizabeth Wyckoff. “Many of the works are presented as installations rather than discrete objects, reflecting a trend in contemporaryart to create works that function with interrelating parts that together form a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.”
According to Lisa Fischman, Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis Museum, “This exhibition showcases work by artists whose roles as educators extends the reach of their practice beyond gallery and museum presentation into teaching, and recognizes the unique accomplishments of each individual while celebrating the richness of the community they build together.”
DAVIS MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER HOURS AND INFORMATION
Fall Semester Museum Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 am-5 pm, Wednesday until 8 pm, and Sunday, noon-4 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is free and open to the public.
Telephone: 781-283-2051
Website: www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu
Location: Wellesley College, 106 Central Street in Wellesley, Mass.
Parking: Free and available in the lot behind the museum. Additional parking is available in the Davis Parking Facility.
Tours: Led by student museum mentors and curators. Free. Call 781-283-3382
Accessible: The museum, Collins Café and Collins Cinema are wheelchair accessible and wheelchairs are available for use in the Museum without charge. Special needs may be accommodated by contacting Director of Disability Services Jim Wice at 781-283-2434 or [email protected] .
ABOUT THE DAVIS MUSEUM
One of the oldest and most acclaimed academic fine arts museums in the United States, the Davis Museum and Cultural Center is a vital force in the intellectual, pedagogical, and social life of Wellesley College. It seeks to create an environment that cultivates visual literacy, inspires new ideas and fosters involvement with the arts both within the College and the larger community.
ABOUT WELLESLEY COLLEGE & THE ARTS
Wellesley College has been collecting and exhibiting visual art since 1889 — making the College one of the first liberal arts institutions to establish a teaching collection. The Wellesley arts curriculum and its highly acclaimed Davis Museum are integral and irreplaceable components of the College’s liberal arts education. Wellesley also offers many outstanding exhibitions, performances, concerts and lectures, most of which are free of charge and open to the public.
Since 1875, Wellesley College has been a leader in providing an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world. Its 500-acre campus near Boston is home to 2,300 undergraduate students from all 50 states and 75 countries.
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