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Locations: Recent Work by Marian Bingham

February 5 – April 10, 2022

Hills of St. Felix, 2015, oil on canvas, diptych, 24 x 48 inches each.

Artist Marian (“Bing”) Bingham explores place, temporality, memory, and meaning in her work. Shifting between materials and techniques, Bing’s practice concerns formal artistic exploration grounded in observation, narrative, and allegory.

Connecticut Shore, panel 1 of 4, 2015, oil on canvas,
30 x 30 inches each.

Drawn to the natural world, Bing has found inspiration in the Connecticut landscape and the French countryside. In this exhibition, multi-panel paintings present sweeping views of forests and fields, while smaller canvases depict evocative, poetic spaces. Horses and figures on horseback are a recurring theme in Bing’s work, harkening back to her childhood and an interest in exploring the human and equine bond. Recent prints and collages reveal the artist’s exploration of seriality, color, form, and texture. Still-life and interior views alternate with imaginative scenes that playfully juxtapose materials and effects. [Read more…]

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Norman Ives: Constructions & Reconstructions

January 29 – April 24, 2022

Norman Ives, Centaur, 1973, screen print, 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches © Norman S. Ives Foundation.

An innovative artist and designer, Norman Ives (American, 1923-1978) pioneered the use of type and letterforms as primary subjects for his designs. A student of Josef Albers, Ives taught at the Yale University School of Art from 1952 until his death in 1978, finding success in a multi-faceted career as an artist, designer, publisher, and teacher.

This large-scale exhibition explores the range and evolution of Ives’s work, with examples of his paintings, collages, prints, bas-reliefs, and murals. Whether designing corporate symbols or painting murals, Ives was guided by his love of letterforms in their whole or in fragments. His visual skill and passion guided everything he did. Ives revolutionized the field of graphic design, and he and his Yale colleagues became a driving force in making graphic design a more rigorous profession. [Read more…]

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Rattan River Installation

Michael Harvey, Rattan River, 1967, recreated, 2021.  With the help of two Connecticut College students Caroline Karakey and Sam McCormack.

Installed Fall 2021

Michael Harvey’s Rattan River was first installed in Oxford, England, as part of the Land Art movement of the late 1960s. Artists embraced nature as the site and material of their art, advocating for a more responsible stewardship of the natural world. As recreated on the grounds of the Museum, this flowing river of bamboo has even greater relevance as a potent reminder of the essential importance of sustainability, of preserving the eco-health of our earth in the face of the climate crisis. In the artist’s words, “Rattan River was meant to follow the flow of the land with the rippling bamboo, a sustainable material which could later be removed without a trace.”

Harvey’s paintings, books, films and videos have been exhibited in New York museums and galleries, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Leo Castelli Gallery, Paula Cooper Gallery, Daniel Wolf Gallery, and Metro Pictures. As well, he has exhibited in European museums and international exhibitions including the Pan-Pacific Biennial and Documenta.

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