Feminist and..., organized by Guest Curator Hilary Robinson, Ph.D., presents new work by six women artists from throughout the world whose artistic practice shows that feminism is not a single-issue set of politics but rather a multi-vocal, multi-generational and multi-cultural evolution of thinking and practices.
Robinson’s selection of the artists, who worked in residence during summer of 2012, has been intentionally diverse; they represent different generations and hail from North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Some of the artists were practicing during the women’s movement of the 1960s and 70s, while others weren’t born until the heyday of the women’s movement was over.
Gestures: Intimate Friction Curated by Mary-Lou Arscott Artists, architects and activists are working together in 1414 Monterey Street
Our physical reality bumps up against us and then disappears from view. The interventions in Gestures 2012 reveal and perplex. The show opens up the building and then reaches in. The process of creating the installations will be collapsing, constructive and collaborative. - Mary-Lou Arscott
Rose Clancy is a sculptor, site-specific installation artist, and gardener currently working with the reclamation of neglected and unused urban spaces. Her work illustrates the ease with which a neglected, unproductive space can be nurtured back to a productive state.
Sarah Oppenheimer opens apertures in existing architecture, modifying the recognizable modular units (such as rooms) that make up our standardized built world. Interested in the way that people navigate their environments through both familiar bodily experience and with the aid of navigational tools, like maps, Oppenheimer’s works alter the visitor’s experience and perception in the gallery space.
