2008 Summer Exhibitions
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The 52nd Annual National Juried Print Exhibition 6/22/08 -9/07/08 See a more detailed description of this exhibition below. |
| The House That Sprawl Built 6/22/08 - 9/07/08 Bill Amundson, Darlene Charneco, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Owen Kanzler, John Kirchner, Steve Lambert, Brian Loughlin, Robert Selwyn, Becky Suss, J. G. Zimmerman See a more detailed description of this exhibition below. |
| Lisa Dahl: No Place Like Home 6/22/08 - 9/07/08 See a more detailed description of this exhibition below. |
Faces and Figures: People from the Permanent Collection 6/22/08 - 9/07/08 See a more detailed description of this exhibition below. |
The 52nd Annual National Juried Print Exhibition
| Christopher Lesnewski Untitled (detail), 2002 mixed media print Collection Hunderton Art Museum |
| The 52nd Annual National Juried Print Exhibition showcases two and three dimensional prints using traditional print media, computer, or experimental techniques by artists from across the United States. The 2008 juror is Kathleen Goncharov, Director of the Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions at Mason Gross School of the Arts The winners of the 2008 prizes are: Tom Baker Bad Weather, 2007 Relief and silkscreen 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches James R. and Anne Steele Marsh Memorial Prize Evan Lindquist Departures, 2007 Burin engraving 12 x 8 inches and Succession, 2007 Burin engraving 12 x 9 inches Johnson & Johnson Purchase Prize Ross Racine Subdivision: Greenfield Lakes, 2008 Digital drawing (inkjet print) 20 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches Hunterdon Art Museum Purchase Prize Johnson & Johnson Purchase Prize Jon Rappleye Jabberway Lithograph 20 1/4 x 30 inches Brodsky Center Residency Prize Angela Young Identity, 2008 Stone lithograph 23 x 30 inches Lynd Ward Memorial Prize |
The House That Sprawl Built
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| Owen Kanzler New Neighborhood Manalapan, NJ, 2001 chromagenic print |
| In the decades following World War Two the single-family suburban house emerged as a central component of the American Dream. The rapid development of mass-produced affordable housing created new suburbs and contributed to the phenomenon known as suburban sprawl. The House that Sprawl Built presents the work of ten artists who incorporate ideas and images of suburban houses. Some of the work seems almost documentary, displaying repetitive sprawling neighborhoods. Other work is satirical, poking fun and implicitly criticizing the houses we build and the neighborhoods we create. Several artists put a surreal spin on the subdivision house, melting, mutating, or shrinking it. Still others create houses and neighborhoods that can only exist in the imagination or more recently, in cyber-space. Many Americans engage in a "love-hate" relationship with the suburbs, their feelings ranging from nostalgia for an idyllic past and a growing dread of overcrowding, overdevelopment, loss of open spaces and dwindling resources. These ten artists explore this complex relationship by helping us see the places we call home in new and provocative ways. Participating artists: Bill Amundson, Darlene Charneco, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Owen Kanzler, John Kirchner, Steve Lambert, Brian Loughlin, Robert Selwyn, Becky Suss, J. G. Zimmerman
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Lisa Dahl: No Place Like Home
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| Lisa Dahl Sub-Prime 2008 mixed media installation (detail) |
| In a multi-media installation Lisa Dahl uses the suburban home to investigate the American Dream and its associated trappings. Having grown up in the suburbs of several cities throughout the country, and having been a resident of New York City for over a decade, she combines the vantage point of an outsider with an insider's intimate knowledge. Working with a variety of media - painting, photography, video, sculpture - Dahl's art often uses a large dose of playfulness and humor as it undermines the home's traditional sense of being a place of safety and security.
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Faces and Figures: People from the Permanent Collection
