News Artists Openings/Exhibits A Meticulous Ferment: Beth Lipman & Kirsten Hassenfeld
| A Meticulous Ferment: Beth Lipman & Kirsten Hassenfeld |
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| Editor: Brenda Bonneville | |
| Wednesday, 30 June 2010 | |
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(Image: "Cloud" by Kirsten Hassenfeld) At the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art Through August 15th. (Portland, ME) This two-woman show employs material decadence as a format for a discussion of culture and consumption. Lipman and Hassenfeld create obsessively crafted works, respectively wrought in glass and paper, that share an interest in the history of the decorative arts and the cultural value of ornamentation. By balancing order with disorder these works critique our “object-obsessed lifestyles”, while simultaneously employing the role of things to convey important personal and cultural messages.
(Image: Glass Sculpture by Beth Lipman) The exhibition will include a large scope of objects including Lipman’s towering handblown glass sculpture, The Bride, works on paper, photography, sculpture and a monumental installation of ornamental paper sculpture in the ICA main gallery by Hassenefeld. Unfolding on a grand scale, this array of works is the result of masterful and obsessive labor. Their grandeur is shadowed, however, by an insidious dissonance that bubbles under the surface, resulting in a languidly beautiful ferment. The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art is located at 522 Congress Street in Portland. For more information, please visit www.meca.edu. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites        |
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