The Nude
Adds the
Body
and
Figure
for
Deeper
Meaning
For the past 25 years, LAL’s Nude has grown to be the most anticipated exhibition presented at the Loudoun House. This coming season, however, LAL has shifted the focus from the nude as object to including more metaphorical representations.
Body | Figure | Nude, on display at the Loudoun House gallery January 14 through March 11, 2012, is a group show of 40 national artists, juried by Anna Brzyski (Chellgren Endowed Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at University of Kentucky) and Becky Alley (LAL Exhibitions & Programs Director).
Back in 2010, Professor Brzyski answered a few questions for
Body | Figure | Nude, on display at the Loudoun House gallery January 14 through March 11, 2012, is a group show of 40 national artists, juried by Anna Brzyski (Chellgren Endowed Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at University of Kentucky) and Becky Alley (LAL Exhibitions & Programs Director).
Back in 2010, Professor Brzyski answered a few questions for
LAL’s blog, arbeatlexington.com.
When asked what time periods throughout art history were
significant or transformative in regard to the nude,
she stated,
“In terms of the most dynamic and controversial periods,
I would have to choose either the turn of the century
or the present. In both instances, the nude was/is used
by artists to tackle socially sensitive areas,
in particular those pertaining to sexuality.”
From Egon Schiele to
From Egon Schiele to
Robert Mapplethorpe, the body has been
used not only for artistic study,
but also to convey concepts ranging
from eroticism to what it means to be human.
The works in Body | Figure | Nude concentrate on the latter.
The works in Body | Figure | Nude concentrate on the latter.
The artists move beyond an art practice and into allegorical territory.
Themes and media vary from femininity
Themes and media vary from femininity
(like that found in the mixed-media installation
Cosmic Egg by Sondra Schwetman)
to privacy and identity,
(evidenced in the digital life-sized Body Scans by Nick Reszetar),
and to burden and psychology (taken from Evolution I,
the graphite drawing by Kirsti Anderssen).
All works, no matter the media used, employ the body,
figure or nude as a vehicle for expressing today’s culture
and the “socially sensitive areas”, as Professor Brzyski stated.
Guests have the opportunity to view the exhibition
a day before it officially opens at the QX.net
Opening Preview Party on January 13 from
6p to 10p, supported by MD Update.
The evening is a cocktail attire event
including live jazz with Detour Ahead,
heavy hors d’oeuvres by Executive Chef Sam Sears,
CEC AAC of South-Van Events,
a cash bar with fine spirits and
beverages and flowers
by Greg Jordan of Fine Flowers and Events.
Tickets are $30 for LAL Members and $40 for potential members.
Other scheduled social events are
Other scheduled social events are
Fifth Third Bank 4th Fridays from 6p – 9p on
January 27 and February 24, with appetizers
and cash bar by DaRae & Friends Catering
and live music with DJ Warren Peace (January)
and Tommy & the Oh’s (February).
Admission is free for LAL Members and $7 for potential members.
Lastly, as part of the exhibition, LAL
Lastly, as part of the exhibition, LAL
will offer opportunities to learn and engage
with the works. A gallery tour with the jurors
is scheduled for January 24 at 7p,
and a discussion with exhibition artists
(including Don Ament, Kevin Gardner,
Jack Girard, Sharon Lee Hart,
Hui Chi Lee, and Mary Rezny)
is scheduled for February 11 at 1p.
Both are free and open to the public.
Also, workshops in life painting (led by Dongfeng Li)
and life drawing (led by Hui Chi Lee)
are open for registration until January 10, 2012
and are $70 for LAL Members and $85 for potential members.
More information and tickets for the events
More information and tickets for the events
and lectures as well as workshop
registration and instructor biographies
can be found on LAL’s website
www.lexingtonartleague.org
ABOUT THE JURORS:
Anna Brzyski is Chellgren Endowed Associate Professor of Art History
Anna Brzyski is Chellgren Endowed Associate Professor of Art History
and Visual Studies at University of Kentucky.
She teaches courses in the 18th and 19th century art,
contemporary art theory, and visual studies.
She has published broadly on a wide range of
subjects from Polish 19th century art to
contemporary art and new media.
Her work has been supported by grants
from the Whiting, Luce, and IREX foundations
and she is a recipient of the Fulbright and
Fulbright-Hays Fellowships.
She is the editor of Partisan Canons
(Duke University Press 2007) and
of three special issues of the journal Centropa.
Her work has appeared in Art Criticism, Centropa,
19th Century Art Worldwide, RES, n-Media,
and a number of anthologies.
Becky Alley, LAL’s Exhibitions & Programs Director,
earned a BFA in studio art from Washington University,
and an MFA in studio art from the University of Kansas.
Before joining the LAL staff in January 2010,
Alley was the Director of University Galleries
at Murray State University.
She has organized over 100 shows
and has curated several major projects
including Think Tank, an international
show of political art, and Creatures
Great and Small, a touring exhibition of
contemporary art featuring animals,
and most recently an LAL project
titled Love and Things Like Love.
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here's a linky link to my past post about LAL's NUDE exhibit from a few years ago:
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