Student Art Show

Body and Soul

September 22 through October 23, 2016!

Rendezvous in Black
Two Solo Shows: Cindy Sherman and Ann Chernow

An opening reception will be held on Thursday, November 10 from 5:30-7pm at the HMA, located at 900 Lafayette Blvd in Bridgeport, CT. Film professor and author Dr. Richard L. Edwards, Ball State University, will give a talk about women and film noir at 6pm.

Cindy Sherman and Ann Chernow draw from the film noir style to create photographs and prints that are contemporary, yet offer moments that could have been documented on the movie sets themselves. Both artists explore the three roles women commonly play in noir films: the good woman, the marrying woman and the femme-fatale. The "stills" are provocative, mysterious and dare the viewer to decide what’s happening in each scene.

Above:
Ann Chernow, Rendezvous in Black, 2012
Lithograph on Carson paper, 11 x 14 inches

Above:
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #7, 1978
Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches; 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures

Above:
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #35, 1979
Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches; 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures

Steve McCurry: India

Steve McCurry: India features forty-four incredible photographs that capture the vibrant color and chaos of this ancient country, providing a stunning backdrop for the ordinary people who live and work in an extraordinary place. The exhibit begins Thursday, January 12 and continues through February 10, 2017. All are welcome and encouraged to visit.

Best known for his iconic ‘Afghan Girl’ image that graced the cover of National Geographic over 30 years ago, McCurry stands as one of the most important voices in contemporary photography. With scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name, McCurry recently turned to India for inspiration. He says, “I was looking for street scenes, images that show the economy, recreation, and religion—pictures that address the key elements of a place and, at the same time, are interesting in their own right.”

Above:
Rajathan/1996 Crowd carries man during the Holi festival

Prints That Work:
printmaking in the service of a bigger picture

PRINTS THAT WORK: printmaking in the service of a bigger picture features the work of four artists offering unique perspectives on printmaking. Roxanne Faber-Savage, Kelsey Miller, John O’Donnell and Neil Daigle-Orians mine a range of subjects including wildlife trafficking and conservation, sexuality, religion, gender and the illusion of domestic bliss.

The exhibition, which will remain on view through March 25, is curated by Leslie Giuliani. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, February 23 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm; all are encouraged to attend.

A panel discussion featuring the artists will take place on Thursday, March 23 at 6 PM. The Housatonic Museum of Art is located at 900 Lafayette Blvd. in Bridgeport, CT.

For directions and gallery hours please visit www.HousatonicMuseum.org.

Please be advised that the current show contains works with MATURE SUBJECT MATTER. Meant for adults 18 and older,

Crossing Borders

APRIL 6 through April 25, 2017

Art Faculty Exhibition 2017

An exhibition featuring art faculty from HCC and the University of Bridgeport Opening Reception: April 6th, 5:30-6:30 pm

The Burt Chernow Galleries

This event is free and all are invited to attend.

Click here to view some images of the exhibit.

Housatonic Museum of Art Presents Sherri Wolfgang: SOLO

June 15 - July 31, 2017

Please join us for the opening reception June 15, 5:30-8:00PM in the Burt Chernow Galleries

Wolfgang's life-size oil paintings will feature two complete series: NICK.E.LO.DE.ON (above) celebrates the wonders of the human form and expression, and is exhibited in its entirety for the first time. TWISTED, a series of nudes that explore society's fascination with cosmetic surgery as well as its effects on both the mind and the body.

Painter Sherri Wolfgang is known for her figurative works which utilize Renaissance painting traditions in combination with painting techniques developed by the Dutch Masters.

Historically, Wolfgang portrayed her nude figures as examinations of the various female archetypes found in visual culture, with a caricatured sexuality and affected emotions. She applies different subject matter and genres that she has passionately embraced, such as anatomy and figure drawing, Expressionism, and portraiture with the interplay of light, color, and texture.

All of her recent work has been done with a wide variety of media, including charcoal, Conte’ crayon, graphite, oil and resins on canvas, paper, and wood. This series includes portraits of a male dancer using 16th Century Mannerist aesthetics, while her upcoming series will combine Renaissance sensibilities with contemporary cultural figures.

Joe Zucker: SCROLLS

September 7 - December 1, 2017

Please join us for the opening reception September 7, 6:00-7:30PM in the Burt Chernow Galleries

Housatonic Museum of Art is pleased to present SCROLLS, paintings by JOE ZUCKER, on view in the Burt Chernow Galleries at the Housatonic Museum of Art September 7 through October 15, 2017. A reception with the artist will be held on Thursday, September 7 from 6 to 7:30pm. This event is free, and the public is cordially invited to attend.

The exhibit features unique, double-sided paintings exploring the legends and lore of pirates. Images of cannon balls, sailing frigates, oceans, islands and the iconic Jolly Roger flag with skull and crossbones share the spotlight only with the materials themselves. Scrolls of varying sizes, evoke impressions of commerce raiders, seaborne warriors, and adventurers in search of booty.

“With inspired ingenuity, Joe Zucker has once again intertwined history, subject matter and the physical materials of his work,” said Robbin Zella, Director of the Housatonic Museum of Art, “to create an inventive iconography that aptly captures the swashbuckling energy of these infamous buccaneers.”

Joe Zucker is one of the most innovative contemporary artists working today. Since the beginning of his career in the mid-sixties, he has struck a balance between material, process and meaning, consistently reinventing painting by bringing new approaches to painting. From cotton balls dipped in Rhoplex, to shallow wooden boxes filled with enamel paint, to installations of woven strips across floors and walls, Zucker continues to push the boundaries to see what new territory painting can claim.

Zucker’s Scrolls series reflects his involvement with the sea as well as his interest in the legends of pirates like Captain William Kidd and Blackbeard, who terrorized the high seas and sought refuge off the shores of Long Island and Connecticut. For over thirty years, Zucker has returned again and again to the imagery of frigates in full sail, cannon balls, yard arms and the leering grin of the Jolly Roger, creating new iterations of these familiar signs and symbols. With a nod to the Torah, Zucker adopts this format, using it both vertically and horizontally, and in a variety of sizes to great effect, with rolling swells of blues and whites, shifting horizon lines and waves of cannon balls surging in all directions. Other scrolls, painted with the traditional colors associated with pirates: red for blood and black for death, are alive with energy, exhibit a life-force all their own.

Joe Zucker’s work is in the collections of The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum Sammlung Ludwig Aachen, Cologne and Vienna; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art to name a few. Zucker in the recent past has participated in a number of group exhibitions, including, Exile on Main Street, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands (2009), Image Matter, Mary Boone Gallery, NY, NY (2010) and Midtown presented by the galleries Maccarone, Salone 94 Design, and Salon 94 at Lever House (2017).

A short list of Zucker’s numerous solo shows include, Plunder From 1977-2008, Nyehaus, New York, NY (2008), Scrolls, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (2009), Joe Zucker, Mary Boone Gallery, NY, NY (2010), A Unified Theory, Mary Boone Gallery, NY, NY (2011), Empire Descending A Staircase, Mary Boone Gallery, NY, NY (2013), Joe Zucker: Armada, National Arts Club, New York, NY (2016), Joe Zucker: 1000 Brushstrokes, Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA (2017) and the upcoming exhibition Neo, Neo, Neoclassicism, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY (2017).

The HCC Student Exhibit

Opening Reception: May 3 at 5:30

Show ends; May 24

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Faculty Exhibit

Exhibit begins June 5th
Opening Reception: June 5 at 5:30
Show ends: June 28th

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Object Lessons: 2017-2019

Recent Acquisitions and Highlights of the Permanent Collection

Drip-Drop, Tick-Tock, featuring work by Joe Fucigna, has been postponed due to damage to the gallery, the Housatonic Museum of Art believes that the

The permanent collection has been reinstalled throughout the campus featuring over TEN thematic installations to include Collage, Photography, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings and Prints.

We have also included two works by Joe Fucigna and we will be celebrating in the atrium of our newly renovated facility!

Click here to access slideshow of some of the artwork.