Ways of Seeing - exploring ways individuals envision and curate art collections.
The gallery’s Fall 2024 “Art in the Barn” exhibition, Ways of Seeing, will sample different types of art selection criteria — by theme, by artist, by size. The gallery will present distinct groupings — The Art Aquatic, art influenced by water; Impact: Women Artists to Collect, accomplished artists from the US and abroad; and Right-Sized, art compiled with specific parameters in mind. The exhibitions will feature fiber, ceramics, and mixed media works by dozens of artists from the US and abroad. A full-color catalog will accompany the exhibition.
Collecting is a deeply human activity; it offers satisfaction on many levels. We prize the unique. We love the hunt. We get a thrill finding something precious or historically important or by scoring a prized work at an insider's price. Collecting can be a brain booster — involving research, study, and discipline. It’s also a mood changer — there are physical benefits to collecting based on aesthetic appreciation. Science tells us that viewing art we consider to be beautiful creates a surge of dopamine — the same chemical response that romantic love does. “Ways of Seeing celebrates the passion and individu- ality that spark and shape collections,” says co-curator Tom Grotta, "while offering collectors at all levels a wide selection of works to appreciate and possibly acquire.”
Artists list (in formation):
Jane Balsgaard (DK), Caroline Bartlett (UK), Polly Barton (US), Dail Behennah (UK), Annette Bellamy (US), Birgit Birkkjær (DK), Yeonsoon Chang (KR), Chris Drury (UK), Mutsumi Iwasaki (JP), Markku Kosonen (FI), Lilla Kulka (PL), Kyoko Kumai (JP), Sue Lawty (UK), Jeannet Lenderste (NL/US), Åse Ljones (NO), Kari Lønning (US), Aby Mackie (UK/SP), Keiji Nio (JP), Mia Olsson (SE), Ed Rossbach (US), Toshio Sekiji (Japan), Hisako Sekijima (JP), Kay Sekimachi (US), Naoko Serino (JP), Jin-Sook So (KR/SE), Grethe Sørensen (DK), Ethel Stein (US), Polly Sutton (US), Noriko Takamiya (JP), Hideho Tanaka (JP), Chiyoko Tanaka (JP), Mariette Rousseau-Vermette (CA), Claude Vermette (CA), Mercedes Vicente (SP), Ulla-Maija Vikman (FI), Katherine Westphal (US), Merja Winqvist (FI), Grethe Wittrock (DK), Jiro Yonezawa (JP), Carolina Yrarrázaval (CL).