Completed Exhibitions « CuratorSquared

SCIENCE | FICTION

The line that delineates science from fiction is blurred. Science fuels fiction. What was once fictional moves into the realm of science. In the work of the 12 international artists, the boundaries between science and fiction, art and fact, disappear.

BAGGAGE CLAIMS

Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos FoxOrlando Museum of Art, Florida, 2017Essay by curators with contributions from Brian Ulrich, photographer, and Vidhu Aggarwal, poet. Fully illustrated, 82 pages.(available from Orlando Museum of Art)

Clarissa Tossin: Stereoscopic Vision

ORGANIZER AND DATESEzra and Cecile Zilkha GalleryWesleyan UniversityMiddletown, ConnecticutJanuary 31 – March 5, 2017 DESCRIPTION In medical terms, stereoscopic vision refers to the single perception of a different image from each eye blending into a uniform whole. Tossin deftly presents or infers two disparate impressions in each of her works, forcing the viewer to see […]

CODED_COUTURE

The idea of customization has always been at the heart of couture. This exhibition will feature designers whose approach to personalization is sympathetic to the allure of haute couture, but whose approach is rooted in coding.

EVAN ROTH // INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DONOR

Evan Roth is a pioneer. At the intersection of free culture with popular culture, where viral media meets art, and graffiti connects with technology–this is the irregular zone that Roth’s work occupies. He explores the relationship between misuse and empowerment…

MetaModern

Preservationists have noted that the most vulnerable time for architecture is fifty years after construction: the structure is out of fashion but not yet historic. It looms as outdated, not yet historic or nostalgic. The architecture of the 1950s has just passed through this danger zone, and along with the furniture and furnishings of that era, are prized, collectible and even have become the basis for a body of work by artists who, too young to have experienced this design when it was new, largely know of the period through…

StereoType

Historically typography has been designed with two axes in mind, x and y. Today, in contrast, designers are broadening their perceptions about type to accommodate the added dimensions of a digital and experiential world. Recent innovations in type design take principles of animation, interactivity, and kinetic movement and combine them with traditional components of typography, resulting in pioneering explorations in motion typography. It follows that these “live” fonts would embody…

FOOD-WATER-LIFE—LUCY+JORGE ORTA

The work of LUCY+JORGE ORTA explores major concerns that define the 21st century: biodiversity, environment and climate change, and communication. At the same time, their work embodies the philosophy that steers their pioneering art practice, ‘the ethics of aesthetics.’ This exhibition will explore how the artists’ unique visual language tackles the global issues at stake that are affecting our lives. As their artwork communicates widely to audiences beyond the field of contemporary art, it demonstrates…

PASSING TIME

The multiple and converging meanings of the phrase “passing time”—spending time, time to die—are explored in the evocative imagery of recent art by international artists in video, photography, sculpture and works on paper. Much of the work is, appropriately, time-based. Some artists turn to sport, some to dance, and others music; some refer to nature and its rhythms to explore concepts of time—short term, long term and terminating. Others frankly partner with time itself in their making of art.

Mechanical Couture: Fashioning a New Order

Haute Couture, by definition, is made-to-order, high-quality and hand-executed, and for centuries has signified the ultimate in luxury and exclusivity. Conversely, machines typify the antithesis of couture, implying mass-production and decreased standards. Currently, however, we are witnessing a fascinating phenomenon of mechanical luxury, whereby designers are reinterpreting couture as a hybrid of both mechanized process and customized craftsmanship…