Upcoming Exhibitions in the Galleries
Cal Lane: Crude
Sculpture Terrace
Aug 9, 2008 – ongoing
Three works by Cal Lane will be featured on DeCordova’s Sculpture Terrace. One work is composed of steel I-beams that are flame cut with lace patterns. In a second sculpture, Cal flame cut patterns on industrial oil drums, which will form a column. The third sculpture is a single oil tank cut with a map design.
Drawn to Detail
Joyce and Edward Linde Gallery, Fourth Floor Hallway Gallery
Aug 30, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009
The medium of drawing has achieved new international prominence in the early part of the 21st century. This exhibition will focus on contemporary drawings by American artists that display excessive mark-making, all-over intricate design, and a sheer glut of imagery. Artists TBA. Organized by Director of Curatorial Affairs Rachel Rosenfield Lafo and Koch Curatorial Fellow Kate Dempsey.
Laylah Ali: Notes/Drawings/Untitled Afflictions
James and Audrey Foster Galleries
Aug 30, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009
Over the past decade, Laylah Ali has become one of New England ’s most important contemporary artists. Her cartoon-like narrative drawings of bizarre figures, which take on themes of identity, race, violence, and injustice, have been exhibited and collected internationally. This exhibition presents her most recent body of work: an intimate collection of notes and drawings that continue Ali’s rigorous investigation of the subtle operations of everyday life. Accompanied by an exhibition catalogue. Organized by Director of Curatorial Affairs Rachel Rosenfield Lafo and Assistant Curator Dina Deitsch.
Stacey Steers: Phantom Canyon
Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Media Space
Aug 30, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009
Steers will present her 2007 animated film that explores a women’s fantastical journey through memories. Composed of over 4000 handmade collages, the film’s surrealist imagery is a mixture of 18 th and 19 th century engravings and Eadweard Muybridge’s locomotion photographs. Approximately 50 of these collages will also be on view in the Media Space. Organized by Director of Curatorial Affairs Rachel Rosenfield Lafo.
Zea Mays Printmaking: The Nature of Things
Arcade Gallery
Aug 30, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009
Fifteen prints from the portfolio The Nature of Things, produced by the Zea Mays Printmaking studio in Northampton , Massachusetts . Zea Mays Printmaking specializes in non-toxic, envi ron mentally safe printmaking materials and methods. Artists include Brian D. Cohen, Liz Chaflin, Louise Kohrman, Theresa Monaco, and Mark Zunino.
Carlson/Strom: New Performance Video
Joyce and Edward Linde Gallery, Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Media Space, Arcade Gallery
Jan 24, 2008 – May 3, 2009
Major exhibition featuring the new collaborative work of choreographer and performance artist Ann Carlson and video installation artist Mary Ellen Strom. Authored under the joint moniker Carlson/Strom, their work reflects on issues of regional culture and history, art history, and the blurring of the lines between art and life. This exhibition will be featured in the 2009 Boston CyberArts Festival and is organized by Curator Nick Capasso and Assistant Curator Dina Deitsch.
Tabitha Vevers: Narrative Bodies (working title)
James and Audrey Foster Galleries, Fourth Floor Hallway Gallery
Jan 24, 2008 – May 3, 2009
Mid-career survey exhibition of the work of Provincetown/ Cambridge, Massachusetts painter Tabitha Vevers, whose work is characterized by explorations of the female body and sexuality, often with nautical connotations. Accompanied by a full-color exhibition catalogue. Third in a series of solo exhibitions of women artists in New England. Organized by Director of Curatorial Affairs Rachel Rosenfield Lafo.
For more information about DeCordova's upcoming exhibitions, contact info@decordova.org.
