36 EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS (clockwise from top left) Richard Baker, Wonder Towel, gouache on paper on board, 2009; Sharon Yates, Mixed Flowers with Towel, oil/panel, 2009; Mark Karnes, Light Bulb, oil on board, 2009; and Anthony Martino, Summer Tea and S<strong>of</strong>t Soap #1, casein and gouache, 2009.
the Common obJeCt Thursday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 1–Sunday, March 11 Fox Building: Meyerh<strong>of</strong>f Gallery, 1303 W. Mount Royal Ave. Reception: Friday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 2, 5–7 pm zeuxis still-life Painters assoCiation and miCa have come together to present The Common Object, an exhibition <strong>of</strong> more than 60 diverse paintings that incorporate the same everyday object: a dishtowel. The title The Common Object suggests both the subject matter is an ordinary dishtowel and that the same towel is common to each painting. This traveling exhibition features paintings by 37 Zeuxis artists, including former MICA students Richard Baker and Anthony Martino ’76 (general fine arts), as well as faculty member Mark Karnes, and prior faculty members Stanley Friedman and Sharon Yates. “As a tool and as a visual element, the dishtowel is versatile and absorbent, a bland ingredient that can be molded to many uses,” Imogen Sara Smith writes in the 36-page, full-color exhibition catalog. “Wet or dry, smooth or wrinkled, clean or stained, it symbolizes the blank canvas, the eternal challenge to make something out <strong>of</strong> nothing.” The dishtowel might be treated as an inanimate object—for its drapery folds, its pattern, or use as a backdrop—or might be examined for its versatility and usefulness. The painters approached the object in different ways, some leaving it quietly in the background, others featuring it as the main subject; some depicting it in realistic detail, others turning it into an abstract form. MICA’s Meyerh<strong>of</strong>f Gallery is the fourth and final presentation <strong>of</strong> The Common Object, which previously appeared at the Prince Street Gallery in New York City, the Peninsula Fine <strong>Art</strong> Center in Newport News, Virginia, and the Lancaster Museum <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong> in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The artists showcasing work in the exhibition are: Martha Armstrong, Richard Baker, Rita Baragona, Lucy Barber, William Barnes, Temma Bell, Suzanne Biggins, Rick Brazill, Susan Cohen, Kate Emlen, Bevin Engman, Phyllis Floyd, Stanley Friedman, Elizabeth Geiger, John Goodrich, Christine Hartman, Robert Jessel, Mark Karnes, Catherine Kehoe, Tim Kennedy, Deborah Kirklin, Carmela Kolman, Lynn Kotula, Penny Kronengold, Richard La Presti, Ginger Levant, Ying Li, Sydney Licht, Anthony Martino, Margaret McCann, Ruth Miller, Janice Nowinski, Don Southard, Sandra Stone, Amy Weiskopf, Megan Williamson, and Sharon Yates. Zeuxis is a grassroots organization formed in New York City in 1995 to explore the possibilities <strong>of</strong> still-life painting in the post-Modernist art world. To date, Zeuxis has organized more than 50 exhibitions in museums, commercial galleries, and other exhibition spaces all over the country. Ruth Miller, Shell and Dishtowel, oil on canvas, 2009. (Courtesy Lohin Geduld Gallery) the Common obJeCt Programming Gallery Talk EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS 37 Friday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 2, 3 pm Fox Building: Meyerh<strong>of</strong>f Gallery, 1303 W. Mount Royal Ave. <strong>Art</strong>ists: Elizabeth Geiger, Robert Jessel, Temma Bell, and Margaret McCann Four exhibiting artists discuss how they work and their philosophy about artmaking, keeping the young artist in mind. Dialogue With Moderator Friday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 2, 6:30–8 pm Fox Building: Meyerh<strong>of</strong>f Gallery, 1303 W. Mount Royal Ave. <strong>Art</strong>ists: John Goodrich and Bevin Engman Moderated by William Corbett, director <strong>of</strong> student writing activities in the Massachusetts <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology’s Writing and Humanistic Studies program William Corbett plans to discuss what we as critics, painters, and fans mean when we talk about painting.
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