Exhibition on View: Tools as Art: Work and Play

 Tools as Art: Work and Play  celebrates the creative transformation of everyday hand tools and hardware into extraordinary works of art.

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Featuring 68 prints, paintings and works of sculpture from the Hechinger Collection, the exhibition explores three interrelated themes: tools as icons of labor, labor as a component of creativity, and creativity as a form of play.

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This dynamic and whimsical exhibition stirs the imagination while honoring the value of labor and the creativity of builders, artists, hobbyists and self-reliant DIYers.

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Featured artists include Berenice Abbott, Georgia Deal, Jim Dine, Ke Francis, Jacob Lawrence, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Richard Estes and Wayne Thiebaud.

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Learn more about this exhibition at stamfordmuseum.org/tools

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Tools as Art: Work and Play is organized from the Hechinger Collection and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC

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SM&NC Exhibitions are always free to Members and included in the price of daily admission for visitors.

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