Tour: Curator and Artist in Conversation at The Aldrich

 

Explore the galleries with New York-and Connecticut-based sculptor and exhibiting artist Michelle Lopez and Aldrich curator Amy Smith-Stewart this Sunday, August 3 from 3 to 4pm.

Participate in an engaging dialogue about the historic artworks in the galleries, and the relationships between these iconic objects and the contemporary artists' work from the curator and artist perspectives. Hear about the processes and inspirations behind Lopez's powerful exhibition Angels, Flags, Bangs.

As part of the 50th Anniversary season, which examines the Museum's formative years of 1964 to 1974 through a contemporary lens, The Aldrich is presenting new and recent sculptures by Lopez that span three bodies of her work. Nine-foot-tall sculptures from the Blue Angels series (2011) lean precariously against the wall after Lopez physically wrestles the material through an exhaustive system of folding exercises; the Flags series (2013) transforms symbols most often associated with victory and patriotism into wilted, frail objects; while Bangs, a site-specific sculptural installation, made from elevator blankets, merges the soft felt sculptures of Robert Morris, whose iconic work is on view in juxtaposition to Lopez's, with the stylized female characters of Japanese anime.

For further information, contact Tracy Moore at tmoore@aldrichart.org or 203.438.4519.

This event is FREE for members and children 18 and under; FREE with the price of admission

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Submitted by Westport, CT

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