January Exhibitions at Tufts University Art Gallery
Nancy Holt: Sightlines
The Tufts University Art Gallery is proud to present Nancy Holt: Sightlines, an in-depth examination of Holt’s early projects from 1966 to 1980, on view from January 19 through April 1.
Nancy Holt: Sightlines is a thematic exhibition offering an in-depth look at hte early projects of this important American artist whose pioneering works falls at the intersection of art, architecture and time-based media. Since the late 1960s, Nancy Holt (Tufts Class of 1960) has created a far-reaching body of work, including Land Art, films, videos, site-specific installations, artist’s books, concrete poetry and major sculpture commissions. Nancy Holt: Sightlines showcases the artist’s transformation from the perception of the landscape through the use of different observational modes in her early films, videos, and related works from 1966-1980. This retrospective exhibitions has been organized by Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University and curated by Alena J. Wiliams. An eponymous publication is available for purchase through the Gallery.
Tisch Gallery Hours
Tuesday- Sunday 11AM-5 PM
(Closed Mondays)
Events
Tuesday, January 24, 5:30-6:30 PM
Slide presentation by Nancy Holt,
introductory remarks by curator Alena J. Williams
(Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center)
Tuesday, January 24, 6:30-8:30 PM
Public Opening Reception
Sunday, February 12, 3 PM
Exhibition walkthrough with artist Mary Ellen Strom
Sunday March 11, 3 PM
Exhibition walkthrough with guest artist TBD
Lenore Malen: I Am The Animal
Tufts University Art Gallery is pleased to present I Am the Animal, a new installation by artist Lenore Malen, on view in the Koppelman Gallery from January 19 to April 2, 2012.
Lenore Malen’s immersive three-channel video and audio environment, I Am The Animal, simulates the spatial and temporal flow of the beehive into the landscape and re-imagines the hive as human culture. Original footage is intercut with archival and found footage, beginning in a documentary fashion then moving into imagery alluding to genetics and robotics. The installation and an accompanying artist’s book are both a philosophical inquiry into the way humans anthropomorphize non-human animals and a plea against the industrialized treatment of them.
Koppelman Gallery Hours
Tuesdays through Sundays 11am-5pm
Thursdays 11am-8pm
March 17/18 & 24/25 Closed
March 19-23 Open by appointment only
Events
Opening Reception
Tuesday January 24
6:30 – 8:30 pm: Reception
7:00 – 8:00 pm: Book Signing
Between Human and Animal Panel discussion
Wednesday March 28, 4:00 – 6:00 PM (Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center)
Since the 1970s, we have re-examined our relationship to all forms of life, human and animal, organic and inorganic, including the things we make, our machines, and our devices. The human-centered world that we’ve created and inhabit is not sustainable. Mindful of the ecological and political challenges we face, this panel discussion examines Lenore Malen’s I Am The Animal from three different disciplinary perspectives, with the artist as a respondent and a conversation to follow.
Check website for speakers, bios, and updates: http://artgallery.tufts.edu
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