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On Display in a Big Way

Three MassArt alumnae and one professor are featured in the deCordova Biennial, opening Jan. 22.
View their featured work.

Jessica Gath

The 2012 deCordova Biennial will be on view from January 22 through April 22, 2012. Co-organized by Curator Dina Deitsch and Guest Curator Abigail Ross Goodman, former co-director of the Judi Rotenberg Gallery, the exhibition features 23 artists, three of which are MassArt alumnae and one MassArt professor.

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Lauren Kalman, Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments (Herpes Zoster), 2009

The final selection of 23 artists and collaboratives reflects and engages with, what curators Deitsch and Goodman note as, “the current mood of anxiety, discomfort, and, overall change we are experiencing throughout American culture.

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Lauren Kalman, Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments (Acne, Open Comedo) 2009

Lauren Kalman, '02 (metals), certainly deals with discomfort in her work. She pulls images of skin disease from databanks and recreates those images using stones, pearls, gold, acupuncture needles, and suture thread. She said it addresses the space between desirable and grotesque while bringing to mind the commoditization of pain and suffering.

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Lauren Kalman, Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments (Nevus Comedonicus) 2009

"There's something really lovely about being in a show near to places that you live or have lived," Kalman said. "That's the real joy in being able to share your work. So much of the exhibiting I do is national and international and never near home. So to be in the show with other really amazing artists and really amazing work and have it be close to home is quite exciting."

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Jessica Gath

Jessica Gath, '06 (MFA), will be bringing her service-based performance work "For You" to the Biennial in the shape of present wrapping. "Museum visitors will bring a gift for their friend or loved one. We will have a conversation about who the present is for and upon what occasion, then I wrap the present," she said.

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Jessica Gath

"I see it as an affirmation. I have spent a lot of time honing my artwork so my concept - in this case my intention - may be felt by viewers and participants clearly and in the way I intend for it to," Gath said. "Being invited says that I've reached a point where the work is being received."

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Taylor Davis, white pine #3, 2011

Taylor Davis began teaching at MassArt in 1997. She is a professor in Studio Foundation and teaches sculpture. She has five pieces in the Biennial and said it is an honor to be chosen.

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Taylor Davis, double-diamond watercolor, 2010

For her work, Davis says point of view is everything. "When you move, perspective changes and with it the form; parts foreshorten and extend, patterns align and realign. Each recognized change the consequence of looking and moving, a proof of the collaborative relationship between an artist's form and space, and a viewer's desire to know."

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Megan and Murray McMillan, The Shape of Our Best Intentions, 2011

Megan McMillian, '10 (MFA), is showing a large-scale video installation in a suspended wooden room that is loosely based on the Arnolfini Wedding Portrait. She said being featured in the show with her collaborator, Murray McMillan, is an honor. "We've been working on this project for a while," she said. "These are some of the most exciting artists that are working right now in New England. It's a real honor to be included among them."

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Everything But The Building

Lead Pencil Studio has been hard at work in the Paine Gallery constructing their installation piece for the show Edifice Amiss, opening Jan. 30.
Get an inside look at the process.

Lead Pencil Studio
This piece, by Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo, is part of Edifice Amiss: Constructing New Perspectives in the Paine Gallery at MassArt. See the finished installation at the opening reception on January 30 or anytime before March 3.
Squealing About Animation

The animation department has just released Squealing Pegs 2011. This compilation is the result of a juried competiton in the spring.
Watch highlights of the students' work.

Squealing Pegs 2011
Students who were selected to be a part of Squealing Pegs 2011: Jak Ritger, Jack Quinn, Johnny Chew, Tom Chamberlain, Franchelly Greer, James Carlsen, Daniel Pouge, Michael Ribeiro, Sara Cannon, Zoë Abbett, Sam Hayes, Pat Peltier, Ariella Wolfson, Liza Halpin, Josh McNally, Stephanie Gibree, Eben McCue, Nathalie Magri, Rebecca Linthwaite, Ty Haywood, Brandon Dziokonsky, Tim Prendergast, and Mary McOmber.
How They're Hanging

On Feb. 16 Professor David Nolta will give a lecture about how pieces of art interact in a museum hang.
Watch a preview of the talk.

"How They're Hanging"
Attend Prof. Nolta's lecture at 6:30 p.m. on February 16 in Tower Auditorium. More details.
The Whole Cloth

In textile design, students take their concepts from sketches, to the computer, to fabric, to garments.
View highlights of their fall fashion show.

Textile Design
Video produced by Nhi Nguyen.
Furniture Design Certificate

MassArt is offering courses in furniture design and construction as part of a certificate program through Professional and Continuing Education.
Watch one of these classes in action.

The Art of Furniture: Fundamentals of Design and Construction
There is still time to enroll this spring. Register here.

Video by Bijoyini Chatterjee

Events

January 30 Edifice Amiss and Verdant receptions
You are invited to the opening receptions for Edifice Amiss: Constructing New Perspectives and Verdant. The event will be from 6-8 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
February 7 Visting Artist Paula Hayes
Paula Hayes creates stunning terrariums as living sculptures for gallery environments. Come hear her discuss the process of creating these pieces from hand-blown glass, silicone, and cast acrylic.
February 8 August to June Film Screening and Panel
August to June is a 90-minute documentary that chronicles a year in an unconventional public school classroom in California. Come speak with the filmmakers who are currently filming at the Mission Hill School in Roxbury.
February 16 How They're Hanging
David Nolte, MassArt art history professor, will speak about the aesthetics which determine the juxtaposition of images in museum "hangs."
February 25 Family Day
Join the Bakalar & Paine Galleries for Family Day. This interactive event includes art-making, writing, guided conversations, games, and take-home creations.
March 14 Adderly Lecture
Visiting artist Dulce Pinzón will come to MassArt to discuss her playful photographs exploring themes of immigration, cultural identity, and environmentalism.
March 15 Professional and Continuing Education Lecture Series
The latest installment of the PCE lecture series will tackle Open Web Technology and Content Policy with Boaz Sender and the Future of Sound and Image in Dynamic Media with Colin Owens.
March 29 Rappaport Prize Lecture
This lecture, presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, features Orly Genger, who creates monumental sculptures with rope – transforming the material into powerful yet pliable installations.

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Look/Hear

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See what MassArt students are making

Becca Cahan, illustration

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Geena Matuson, film/video

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Scott Hadley, SIM

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Anne Harney, painting

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Kira Leigh Maintanis, art teacher education

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Robin Myers, photography

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Katharena Rentumis, glass

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Bailey Mariner, animation

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Erin Shaw, fibers

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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William Vanaria, jewelry and metalsmithing

All of these pieces were completed by MassArt undergraduate students. If you are intrested in learning how to create work like this, read more about the programs at MassArt.

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Edifice Amiss: Constructing New Perspectives

Paine Gallery

Jan. 30–March 3
Verdant

Bakalar Gallery

Jan. 30–March 10

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Lauren Kalman, Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments (Nevus Comedonicus) 2009

Photo by Stephen Cicco

On Display in a Big Way

Jessica Gath

Lauren Kalman, Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments (Herpes Zoster), 2009

Lauren Kalman, Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments (Acne, Open Comedo) 2009

Lauren Kalman, Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments (Nevus Comedonicus) 2009

Jessica Gath

Jessica Gath

Taylor Davis, white pine #3, 2011

Taylor Davis, double-diamond watercolor, 2010

Megan and Murray McMillan, The Shape of Our Best Intentions, 2011

Everything But The Building

Lead Pencil Studio

Squealing About Animation

Squealing Pegs 2011

How They're Hanging

"How They're Hanging"

The Whole Cloth

Textile Design

Furniture Design Certificate

The Art of Furniture: Fundamentals of Design and Construction

Events

January 30 Edifice Amiss and Verdant receptions

February 7 Visting Artist Paula Hayes

February 8 August to June Film Screening and Panel

February 16 How They're Hanging

February 25 Family Day

March 14 Adderly Lecture

March 15 Professional and Continuing Education Lecture Series

March 29 Rappaport Prize Lecture

Look/Hear

Becca Cahan, illustration

Geena Matuson, film/video

Scott Hadley, SIM

Anne Harney, painting

Kira Leigh Maintanis, art teacher education

Robin Myers, photography

Katharena Rentumis, glass

Bailey Mariner, animation

Erin Shaw, fibers

William Vanaria, jewelry and metalsmithing

Coming Soon

Edifice Amiss: Constructing New Perspectives

Paine Gallery

Verdant

Bakalar Gallery

Voltage 2011 Senior Fashion Show