Kiki Smith and Edition Reese, RE (detail), photoengraving on paper, 1994
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:Drawn primarily from the AD&A Museum Collections, Body Matters: Contemporary Art from the Collection brings together a selection of works by artists who have mined their own bodies in order to express some aspect of what it is like to be a human organism. Ranging from activist to introspective, these pieces use autobiography to show the systems of the body as they come into contact with socio-political institutions such as religion, politics, medicine, and practices of making art. Featured artists Emily Baker, Mamie Holst, Katherine Sherwood, Kiki Smith and Edition Reese, and David Wojnarowicz work in diverse media, including video, printmaking, collage, latex tubing, crinkled paper, and paint on canvas. Taken together, their endeavors provide a body-based view of human experience.
EXHIBITION: Saturday, July 8, 2017 to Sunday, August 20, 2017 at the AD&A Museum UC Santa Barbara
MUSEUM TALK: Art 1A and Art 130 Students should plan on attending a very important museum talk by Professor Harry Reese, about his collaborative work with Kiki Smith, on Thursday, July 20th at 5:30pm in the museum.
ART 1A PAPER #2: Art 1A Paper #2 is derived from this exhibition, and therefore attending Professor Reese's museum talk is highly recommended.
