Kennedy Museum Hosts Installation Exhibit,
Printmaker's Work
Ohio
University's Kennedy
Museum of
Art
is presenting its first installation
exhibit -- a multimedia piece
incorporating sculpture, sound, light and
video.
Joining
forces to create "The Unfound Door," which
will be displayed at the museum from Aug.
31 through Oct. 31, were composer Charles
Bestor, sculptor Barbara Cornett, and
theatrical and lighting designer John
Wade. An unrelated exhibit of prints,
titled "Will Barnet: An American Master
Print Retrospective," will be displayed
during the same period.
The
prose poem that opens Thomas Wolfe's first
novel, "Look Homeward, Angel," provides
the theme for "The Unfound Door." The
installation is designed to draw visitors
in and allow them to become a part of the
artwork. Through video projections, images
of the visitors travel with them as they
explore the exhibit. Elements of the
installation respond kinetically to
visitors' movements and gestures.
While
"The Unfound Door" takes a contemporary
approach, the museum offers a glimpse at
the work of one of the 20th century's
printmaking masters this fall. Will
Barnet, whose work also will be exhibited
from Aug. 31 through Oct. 31, has been
considered one of the major figures in
printmaking in the United States since the
1930s. He has created more than 240 print
editions and also has worked as a teacher
and arts administrator.
The
traveling collection of 58 prints to be
exhibited at the Kennedy Museum was
organized by the Southern Alleghenies
Museum of Art in Loretto, Pa. It showcases
all three methods of printmaking: relief,
intaglio and planographic.
Museum
hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday, noon to 8 p.m.
Thursday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday.
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