Cecille R. Hunt Gallery & Snowflake/Citystock: Friday 18 January 2008
Enshroud
January 18 – February 1, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, January 18, 2008
Part 1: Cecille R. Hunt Gallery - 8342 Big Bend Blvd. - 6 – 7:30pm
Part 2: Snowflake/Citystock - 3156 Cherokee Street - 7 – 10pm
The Cecille R. Hunt Gallery and Snowflake/Citystock are pleased to present Enshroud, an exhibition organized by students in Webster University’s Introduction to Curatorial Studies course. This exhibition brings you a commentary on the current state of the university’s “private collection” of art, whereas by using two separate venues, the installations are to be viewed as a balanced diptych. As part of the practical element of the course, Enshroud was developed from a discussion about the continued relevance of Walter Benjamin’s writing from 1935: “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” resulting in a dialogue about this collection and a means in which to present it. Enshroud is named as such given much of the collection is in storage and is “hidden”, “covered” or “concealed” from public view. Using a violent subtext, the deconstructed installation of a selection of works from Webster’s collection in the Hunt Gallery, presents this concept both physically and metaphorically as a “crime scene” with direct reference to Benjamin’s writing on a new stage of photography. “The cult of remembrance of loved ones, absent or dead, offers a last refuse for the cult value of the picture.” Alternatively, the installation at Snowflake/Citystock directly refers to Benjamin’s concerns about the withering away of the “aura” of an artwork: “Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.” By presenting the ambiance of a “wake” and using photographic reproductions of chosen work from the collection with pieces by artists such as David Hockney, Tim Rollins and Georges Braque, among others, Enshroud is pointing directly to the absence of the work while simultaneously comparing it to the loss of a human “soul” and what was a “unique existence”.
Cecille R. Hunt Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm or by appointment
Snowflake/Citystock Hours: 10am – 2pm Saturdays
January 18 – February 1, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, January 18, 2008
Part 1: Cecille R. Hunt Gallery - 8342 Big Bend Blvd. - 6 – 7:30pm
Part 2: Snowflake/Citystock - 3156 Cherokee Street - 7 – 10pm
The Cecille R. Hunt Gallery and Snowflake/Citystock are pleased to present Enshroud, an exhibition organized by students in Webster University’s Introduction to Curatorial Studies course. This exhibition brings you a commentary on the current state of the university’s “private collection” of art, whereas by using two separate venues, the installations are to be viewed as a balanced diptych. As part of the practical element of the course, Enshroud was developed from a discussion about the continued relevance of Walter Benjamin’s writing from 1935: “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” resulting in a dialogue about this collection and a means in which to present it. Enshroud is named as such given much of the collection is in storage and is “hidden”, “covered” or “concealed” from public view. Using a violent subtext, the deconstructed installation of a selection of works from Webster’s collection in the Hunt Gallery, presents this concept both physically and metaphorically as a “crime scene” with direct reference to Benjamin’s writing on a new stage of photography. “The cult of remembrance of loved ones, absent or dead, offers a last refuse for the cult value of the picture.” Alternatively, the installation at Snowflake/Citystock directly refers to Benjamin’s concerns about the withering away of the “aura” of an artwork: “Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.” By presenting the ambiance of a “wake” and using photographic reproductions of chosen work from the collection with pieces by artists such as David Hockney, Tim Rollins and Georges Braque, among others, Enshroud is pointing directly to the absence of the work while simultaneously comparing it to the loss of a human “soul” and what was a “unique existence”.
Cecille R. Hunt Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm or by appointment
Snowflake/Citystock Hours: 10am – 2pm Saturdays
posted by Bill Barrett at 2:30 PM
2 Comments:
I will make all reasonable efforts to attend.
What an honor.
To be honored as such.
Regards,
Walter Benjamin
Visit me online.
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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