ON VIEW from January 19 - march 30, 2008
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ON VIEW from January 19 - march 30, 2008 |
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What
distinguishes an artist’s work as “made in Woodstock”? What
impact does place truly have in influencing artists and their work? Woodstock
and the surrounding Hudson Valley/Catskill Mountain Region have attracted
artists for over a century – from painters to sculptors, from filmmakers
to musicians, from writers to craft makers, among others. Whether the time
they spent here lasted a couple of days or a number of years, this place
has fostered some of the most moving and significant art we know today. While
the term “artist of color” was once seen as potentially limiting –
causing audiences to have a narrow field in which to understand the
artist’s work – today that identity signifies an awareness of history
and its visual representation, coupled with a willingness to explore the
past and construct new images for the world today. As evidenced by many of
the artworks in this show, one’s personal attachment to a place has
become an increasingly complex notion in a globalized world. The
contemporary artist is often faced with sustaining their practice through
various workspace residency programs. These opportunities lead them to all
four-corners of the world, sustaining their practice while inserting them
within environments and communities often remarkably different from their
own. The works in this exhibition reflect each of the artists’
experiences and the significant impact these surroundings made on them;
and while some of the work included in this exhibition was not physically
completed at CPW, for many, the ideas generated during their residencies
reverberated for months after. As a result, the artists in MIW IV reflect
a number of characteristics inherent in work made in Woodstock – sincere
artistic expression, deep interest in one’s past and surroundings, and
groundbreaking scope and practice of the medium.
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