Nancy Graves in the News

There have been two recent mentions of the Nancy Graves exhibition in the media lately, did you see them?

On April 19, Alan Bisbort of the Hartford Advocate wrote a wonderful review of the show on his Blogbort page titled Nancy Graves, Real Inspired in which he began:

One of the most colorful, engaging and, yes, fun art exhibitions of the year may fly beneath your radars, if you’re not careful.

It is “Nancy Graves: Inspired Vision”, at the Hartford Art School’s Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford.

Thanks, Alan. I think we’d have to agree.

Then on May 3 we had another wonderful surprise.  Did you happen to see the front page of the Arts section in last Sunday’s Republican-American newspaper?  Tracey O’Shaughnessy wrote a lovely article about Nancy Graves and a review of our exhibition.  If you didn’t get a chance to see it in full-color in the paper, please visit Tracey’s website to read the story.

(Photo featured in the Republican-American article courtesy of Roger Castonguay, Jr. of The Defining Photo LLC.)

Gallery Talk with Zina Davis

Please join us from noon-1pm on Wednesday April 29, 2009 for a gallery talk and discussion with the director of the Joseloff Gallery, Zina Davis.

Learn about world-renowned artist Nancy Graves while touring the exhibition Nancy Graves: Inspired Vision.

The talk and discussion are free and open to the public.  Free parking will be available in visitor lot K in front of the Hartford Art School.  Please call the gallery for more information, or email joseloff@hartford.edu.

Nancy Graves in the News

An article about  our upcoming Nancy Graves exhibition by Roger Catlin of the Hartford Courant featuring the piece Cobwebbed Corners of the Sky, 1992 appeared on Courant.com on Friday. Check it out: http://www.courant.com/entertainment/events/hc-artweek0409.artapr09,0,1248931.story

Follow Us! Friend Us! Stay Up-To-Date!

That’s right, the Joseloff Gallery has taken the leap, we’re now everywhere online.

We have a Twitter account, http://twitter.com/joseloffgallery for quick updates and reminders.

Or if Facebook is more your speed, we now have a Joseloff Gallery Facebook page.  Feel free to become a fan and receive updates on events and exhibitions, as well as photos and gallery sneak-peeks.

If you have any opinions about what you would like to see on our Facebook page, please email joseloff@hartford.edu.

Goldfarb Student Exhibition 2009

See all photos from the exhibition on our Flickr page.

Nancy Graves Exhibition Announced

Esthetic Dominance, 1989

We are pleased to announce an exhibition of sculpture, paintings, and drawings by the internationally acclaimed artist Nancy Graves (1939-1995).  This will be the first comprehensive overview of her work presented in the region.  The exhibition opens with a public reception on April 14, 2009 from 6-8pm, and continues through June 28, 2009.

Graves, who died of cancer in 1995, is considered to be one of the most innovative, inspired, and prolific artists of her generation.  She is best known for vibrantly painted sculpture collages that combine cast bronze elements inspired by the natural world with objects of every description.  Her technique, craftsmanship, and aesthetic vision result in complex and enigmatic structures of layered meaning and provocative beauty.

Paralleling her development as a sculptor are paintings, watercolors, and drawings that possess their own unique language while reflecting her constantly evolving preoccupation with various forms and subjects that resurface in her sculpture.

Equivalent, 1978

The Joseloff Gallery show will include significant examples of work from various phases of her career with sculpture dating from the early 1970s to 1992, over twenty drawings and watercolors, and several large-scale paintings.

Nancy Graves was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.  She is a graduate of Vassar College and received her MFA from the Yale School of Art in 1964.  In the late 1960s, her interest in anthropology resulted in her acclaimed life-sized structures of camels and films shot in Morocco.

This exhibition is funded by the Kohn/Joseloff Foundation and is made possible by the Nancy Graves Foundation.

Please visit www.joseloffgallery.org for more information about the exhibition, and www.nancygravesfoundation.org for more information about the artist.

Holiday Closings

If you’re planning a trip to the Joseloff during the holidays, please note our holiday closing schedule.

For the Thanksgiving break, we will be closed from November 24, 2008 through December 2, 2008.

For the winter break, we will be closed from December 22, 2008 through January 5, 2009

Always make sure to call the gallery to be certain that we are open before you make the trip to visit us. For information on holiday closings or those due to the inclement weather, please call (860) 768-4090.

2008 Faculty Exhibition

September 17, 2008 through November 2, 2008

View the full set here: 2008 Faculty Exhibition

Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art

See the full set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseloffgallery/sets/72157604344108826/

Installation photos by David Stansbury Photography

Beyond Green Links

Last night, the Hartford Art School design department hosted a lecture by graphic designer, University of Illinois assistant professor, and founder of the “green” graphic design resource site renourish, Eric Benson. The presentation was interesting and thought-provoking, as is the site renourish. I encourage everyone, not just graphic designers, to visit and look around.

And while I’m on the subject of linking, and since Mr. Benson put the idea in my head, below are links to the websites of the artists and artist groups that make up Beyond Green. Learn more about the artists, their projects, and how you can help out and go Beyond Green.

Allora & Calzadilla: http://www.gladstonegallery.com/allora_calzadilla.asp

Free Soil: http://www.free-soil.org/

JAM: http://www.noonsolar.com/ (Their spring line of solar bags will be coming out sometime this month!)

Learning Group: http://www.learningsite.info/

Brennan McGaffey: http://www.intermodseries.org/
Temporary Services: http://www.temporaryservices.org/

Nils Norman: http://www.dismalgarden.org/

People Powered: http://www.peoplepowered.org/

Dan Peterman: http://www.andrearosengallery.com/artists/dan-peterman/

Marjetica Potrc: http://www.potrc.org/

Michael Rakowitz: http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/

Frances Whitehead: http://www.lisasettegallery.com/artistsP-Z/Whitehead.htm

WochenKlausur: http://www.wochenklausur.at/index1.php?lang=en

Andrea Zittel: http://www.zittel.org/

And of course, the link that brought Beyond Green to the Joseloff Gallery, Independent Curators International. Thank you to iCI for making this traveling show possible.

Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art will be at the Joseloff Gallery through June 10, 2008.