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Surprises Unknown: The Art Of The Wrapping
Works by 35 artists, classic and contemporary, present the art of the wrapping in tempting variety ─humorous, luscious, or doleful¾─the box crushed, its ribbon shredded. Surprises Unknown: The Art of the Wrapping (on view February 8 through May 3) is a survey of contemporary art that takes as its leaping point the groundbreaking work of Christo and Claudio Bravo and their myriad wrapped projects to look at the thrill of the surprise-to-come that a package brings. What do we feel when we see Ray Kleinlein’s classically polka dot-papered package? Why does E.V. Day mummify Barbie in silvery ribbands, the “last” package? William Wegman conquers the wrapping challenge when he wraps a dog (Game Piece, 2001) as does Jeanne Silverthorne who encases an office chair in bubble wrap and tape (Bubble Wrapped Task Chair, 2016). The package tantalizes, even the ordinary brown Amazon box, which Avital Burg recreates in Box in a Corner, 2013.
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Works by 35 artists, classic and contemporary, present the art of the wrapping in tempting variety ─humorous, luscious, or doleful¾─the box crushed, its ribbon shredded. Surprises Unknown: The Art of the Wrapping (on view February 8 through May 3) is a survey of contemporary art that takes as its leaping point the groundbreaking work of Christo and Claudio Bravo and their myriad wrapped projects to look at the thrill of the surprise-to-come that a package brings. What do we feel when we see Ray Kleinlein’s classically polka dot-papered package? Why does E.V. Day mummify Barbie in silvery ribbands, the “last” package? William Wegman conquers the wrapping challenge when he wraps a dog (Game Piece, 2001) as does Jeanne Silverthorne who encases an office chair in bubble wrap and tape (Bubble Wrapped Task Chair, 2016). The package tantalizes, even the ordinary brown Amazon box, which Avital Burg recreates in Box in a Corner, 2013.
Artists on show
- Andy Warhol
- Antonio Santin
- Avital Burg
- Barbara Segal
- Brenda Zlamany
- Caroline McCarthy
- Christo
- Claudia DeMonte
- Claudio Bravo
- Clive Barker
- Diane Smook
- Douglas Goldberg
- E.V. Day
- Frank Paulin
- Humaira Abid
- James Rosenquist
- Jane Lund
- Janet Fish
- Jeanne Silverthorne
- Jen Mazza
- Jon MacGregor
- Kseniya Oudenot
- Lara Alcantara
- Leeah Joo
- Luanne Rimel
- Luis Stephenberg
- Margaret Morrison
- Nick Briggs
- Paul Fenniak
- Ray Kleinlein
- Robert Attanasio
- Sarah Hobbs
- Sarah McKenzie
- Saul Leiter
- William Wegman
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