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.

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…]

January 29 – April 24, 2022

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…]