John Roy, r-estau-rant, 1966
| Word and Image: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Thursday, May 4 - Monday, June 12, 2006
Univeristy Gallery
The University Gallery, in collaboration with the Department of Art History, takes great pleasure in announcing the opening of a graduate student-curated exhibition, Word and Image: Selections from the Permanent Collection. The exhibition utilizes the university's significant collection of contemporary works of art on paper and corresponds with a graduate art history seminar on the same theme. The Department of Art History anticipates that this pilot project will be the first in a program of annual spring exhibitions to be organized by M.A. candidates in Art History. This collaboration increases the university's awareness of the University Gallery's integral role as the only collecting museum on campus and introduces students to the Gallery's important collection through works related to various themes in contemporary art. In addition, the continuation of this program provides graduate students with exciting, professional opportunities each year.
The exhibition features works on paper by contemporary artists and explores the various ways in which 20th century artists have incorporated text into their visual art. The increasing interdependence of word and image is evident in artists' use of text as communicator, as an exploration of sign systems, or as art in itself.
The exhibition is curated by Lisa Amato, M.A.'06 in Art History. An illustrated brochure with text by Amato is accompanying the exhibition. Two gallery talks are occurring in support of the exhibition.
MAY 11, 5-7 pm: Professor Claire Daigle, Visiting Assistant Professor in Art History and instructor of the spring 2006 graduate seminar, Word and Image in Contemporary Art, speaks about the formal aspects of artists' use of text in visual images. Opening reception to follow.
MAY 18, 5- 5:45pm: Lisa Amato speaks about the way artists have used text to political or didactic ends.
This program was made possible in part by a grant from the UMass Arts Council. |
