"Celebrating Kindred Spirits and Strange Bedfellows" Exhibition
A.I.R. Gallery
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A.I.R. Gallery announces Celebrating Kindred Spirits and Strange Bed Fellows, an exhibition by A.I.R.’s national and international members, curated by Catherine J. Morris.
This exhibition brings together twenty different artists, all of whom create work within the enduring feminist concept: the personal is political, and with Catherine J. Morris’ curatorial eye, each artist is represented as an individual. As A.I.R. Gallery enters its 40th Anniversary year, it is apparent to the observer that the women showing in this exhibition carry on the priorities that have been part of A.I.R.’s mission since it’s inception in 1972. As Morris writes in the accompanying catalogue, the artists “speak to the fluid strength of the methodological framework offered by feminism.”
As A.I.R. Gallery celebrates four decades of supporting women artists, Morris continues by stating, “It is clear that the glue that holds this group together is a commitment to A.I.R. Gallery – and, by extension, a dedication to the social, cultural, and political priorities that A.I.R. represents. The women who have contributed to, built, fostered and guided A.I.R. Gallery for forty years do not constitute a movement or school with all that those art historical designations imply. Instead, what I see in them is a cohesive and vitally important social force with a unique commitment to a joint cultural and political mission.” The bedfellows become strange when one tries, unnecessarily, to fit a diverse group of artists into a framework that could not truly hold them. “A celebration is
much more fitting, and is certainly in the spirit of an institution that for forty years has supported, sustained and advocated for women artists.”
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Schedule
from March 28, 2012 to April 21, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-03-29 from 18:00 to 20:30
Curator’s Talk: 5:30 pm
Artist(s)
Kate Ali, Judy Cooper, Leigh Craven, Phyllis Ewen, Melissa Furness, Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin, Terry Gips, Nicole Jacquard, Jan Johnson, Julia Kim Smith, K. A. Letts, Gladys Tietz Mercier, Haley Morris-Cafiero, Nancy Morrow, Esther Naor, Ardine Nelson, Meghan Quinn, Belle Shafir, Marie Sivak, Erin Wiersma.