Five New Exhibitions Open at the Aldrich in September!
August, 2007
Five new exhibitions will open at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with a reception from 3 to 5 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2007. The Public Exhibition Reception is FREE for members!
The Aldrich curatorial team is pleased to present: Voice & Void: 2006 Hall Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition, curated by Thomas Trummer (on view through February 24, 2008); ATM: Aldrich New Staff Hire (on view through February 24, 2008); Marti Cormand: 2007 Emerging Artist Award Exhibition (on view through February 24, 2008); James Prosek: Life & Death — A Visual Taxonomy (on view through June 8, 2008); and Charlotte Schulz: An Insufficiency in Our Screens (on view through May 26, 2008).
The Aldrich will host a special behind-the-scenes preview on Friday, September 14, 2007, from 6:30 to 8 pm, where members are invited to join artists, curators, Trustees and Museum staff for a sneak preview! Behind the Scenes will feature The Aldrich 2007 Emerging Artist Award recipient, Marti Cormand, and his new exhibition. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres by Restaurant 121 will be served. Please call 203.438.4519 to join or renew; memberships will be available at the door.
The public is invited to the celebration of this major exhibition change on the afternoon of September 16. There will be a 2 pm Panel Discussion featuring Thomas Trummer, curator of Voice & Void, along with participating artists Rachel Berwick and Julianne Swartz, and art critic David Goldblatt, author of Art and Ventriloquism. Guided tours will be available and refreshments will be served. Round-trip transportation from New York City is available; please call the Museum at 203.438.4519 for reservations. The official media sponsor for the Public Exhibition Opening is WSHU Public Radio.
Exhibition Summaries:Voice & Void: 2006 Hall Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition
September 16, 2007, to February 24, 2008
The human voice has become a major subject in recent scholarly debates, so it is no coincidence that an Aldrich exhibition will explore the topic from an artistic vantage. In this exhibition, curator Thomas Trummer will utilize the state-of-the-art sound facilities in the Museum's building to illustrate how voice can be expressed through the means of visual arts. Trummer's exhibition will feature both commissioned and loaned contemporary works of all media. Works by Hans Schabus (Austria), John Cage (USA), and Ute Klophaus (Germany) will be amongst those on view.
ATM: Aldrich New Staff Hire
September 6, 2007, to February 24, 2008
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of ATM as a part-time customer service representative in the Museum store. After leaving his thirty-year post in the banking industry, ATM will assume employment at the Museum this summer. The Aldrich staff and Board of Trustees welcome ATM to his new position, for which he is ideally suited. ATM also has a promising career as a stand-up comic, and will be performing his routine at The Aldrich's First Thursdays event on the evening of September 6. Visitors are invited to drop by the store to meet ATM and mark their calendars for his hilarious comedy routine this fall!
Marti Cormand: 2007 Emerging Artist Award Exhibition
September 16, 2007, to February 24, 2008
Marti Cormand's paintings and drawings, which focus on tightly-rendered landscapes, are rigorously conceptual explorations on the nature of representation in the digital age. His work utilizes the computer and the Internet as new tools for reinvigorating painting, building off the history of photography's influence on representation.
James Prosek: Life & Death — A Visual Taxonomy
September 16, 2007, to June 8, 2008
James Prosek's watercolors depict faithfully-rendered birds hovering in abstract environments. The contrast between the animals and the geometry that surrounds them sets up an opportunity to consider the animal's real and metaphorical significance. Through his paintings, Prosek communicates his great love and respect for the natural world.
Charlotte Schulz: An Insufficiency in Our Screens
August 26, 2007, to June 8, 2008
Charlotte Schulz's charcoal drawings invite us to explore strange composite architectural spaces in which dreams blend with memory and reality. Fragments of buildings are tethered together, and inside unfolds into outside space and back again. The spaces she renders appear to be unpopulated, allowing the viewer to easily step in as protagonist.
