Ashland GalleriesHome: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art
Schneider Museum of Art
Robert Minervini, One Percent Efficiency, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48” x 72”
The Schneider Museum is Pleased to Announce its Premier Exhibition
for 2014
Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art
Showing January 10 – March 15
For most of us home is a personalized place of comfort, privacy, and security. Inside its walls we create spaces that reflect who we are and what is important to us. We also take refuge and respite from the rest of the world in these enclosures, believing in the safety that four walls and a roof can offer. In Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, 28 artists have deconstructed their meanings of home and assembled their concepts through photography, painting, sculpture, and video. The result is engaging art that invites us to rethink our notions about the places we live.
Gina Tuzzi, On the Beach (1974), 2009, Mixed media, 16 x 4 x 6”
To sculptors Sasha Petrenko and Gina Tuzzi, home is not a fixed unit, but a nomadic dwelling that can be brought with us wherever we go. Ari Salomon’s photographs provide intimate views of the interior of his great aunt’s apartment where she lived for 30 years. In contrast, Henry Wessel’s photographs are taken from a voyeur’s perspective. His haunting exterior shots leave us to imagine the people and stories inhabiting these homes. Hannah Chalew’s mixed media works portray the many abandoned structures left to decay in her hometown of New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. Painter Dean Monogenis stretches the idea of home, with buildings or ruins placed in imagined landscapes. Filmmaker Carrie Schneider captures the seemingly eternal flames of a house that she burned and rebuilt, 12 times, over two years, on a small island in Wisconsin.
Erika Leppmann, SMA Director, brought this exhibition to Ashland, because “The idea of ‘home’ has been a compelling issue for artists in the past decade for numerous reasons including: geo-political strife, world-wide economic decline, and changing definitions of family.” The exhibition, curated by Carrie Lederer of the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA, received rave reviews from a diverse group of patrons when shown at that gallery. Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art is sponsored by the Ashland Springs Hotel, Golden-Fields Construction & Design, Ltd., Ledger David Cellars, and Pacific Domes International.
Tracy Snelling, Last House on the Left, 2007 mixed media installation, 55” x 100” x 40”
The exhibition will be on view Friday, January 10 through Saturday, March 15 during the Museum’s regular hours of 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Saturday.
Participating Artists
Wessel, Henry, Night Walk, LA#25, 1996, Courtesy of Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, 25 x
Julie Alvarado, San Leandro, CA
Tyler Bewley, San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Cayne, San Francisco, CA
Hannah Chalew, New Orleans, LA
Kathryn Dunlevie, Palo Alto, CA
Megan Gorham, San Francisco, CA
Deborah Hamon, Novato, CA
Claire Jackel, Los Angeles, CA
Eirik Johnson, Seattle, WA
Lori Larusso, Lexington, KY
Derek Lynch, San Francisco, CA
Lee Materazzi, San Francisco, CA
Robert Minervini, San Francisco, CA
Dean Monogenis, Brooklyn, NY
Lori Nix, San Francisco, CA
Jeannie O’Connor, Berkeley, CA
Sasha Petrenko, Richmond, CA
Ari Salomon, San Francisco, CA
Carrie Schneider, Brooklyn, NY
Tracey Snelling, Oakland, CA
Lisa Solomon, Oakland, CA
Daniel Speight, London, UK
Michael Stevens, Sacramento, CA
Gina Tuzzi, Oakland, CA
Hagar Vardimon-van Heummen, Amsterdam, NL
Henry Wessel, San Francisco, CA
Katherine Westerhout, Oakland, CA
Stephen Whisler, Napa, CA
The Schneider Museum of Art (SMA)
Serving both an academic and community audience, The Schneider Museum of Art seeks to build a challenging environment that engages with the visual arts through exhibitions and programs supporting interdisciplinary study, research, and discourse. Now in its 26th year, The SMA is comprised of four galleries with over 3,500 sq. ft. of exhibition space. The building, designed by renowned Portland architect Will Martin, is part of Southern Oregon University’s Center for Visual Arts.
Location
The Schneider Museum of Art is located on the south end of Southern Oregon University’s Campus, on the corner of Indiana St. and Siskiyou Boulevard.
Hours
Monday through Saturday
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Free Admission/Suggested Donation
$5.00
Directions
From Interstate 5 at Exit 14, head west on OR-66 W /Ashland St. toward Tolman Creek Rd. Turn slight right onto Siskiyou Blvd/OR 99 N. Take 1st left onto Indiana St. Look for the Museum one block up on the right.
Parking
From Indiana Street, turn left into the metered lot between Frances Lane and Indiana Street. There is also limited parking behind the Museum.
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