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September 13, 1998, to January 3, 1999 | Old Hundred

Here: Artist’s Interventions at the Aldrich Museum

One of the most idiosyncratic qualities of the Aldrich Museum is our building. Originally built in 1783, the structure has been expanded and modified many times during its two hundred years as a home, shop, church, and ultimately, contemporary art museum. This quirky, domestic-scale building, with its hidden windows, vestigial fire-places, and scarred wooden floors is a defining characteristic of the Aldrich, exerting a subtle and pervasive influence on all the exhibition we mount. The influence usually extends only as far as the installation of an exhibition, not its content; in that case of Here: Artist's Interventions at The Aldrich Museum, the invited artists have taken great advantage of our building, exploiting its unique character in their work.

The twelve artists included in Here work in a variety of media, and in a variety of places: California, Connecticut, England, Minnesota, New York, and Wales. All of them have responded to our building and its grounds, creating work which is often domestic in scale or reference, or sited to take advantage of the specifics of this location. Here celebrates the tradition of facilitating the creation of new work by relating closely to the museum's building.

Artists: Roberley Bell, Lee Boroson, Mary Esch, Judy Fox, David Gelfman, Justen Ladda, Liza Lou, Sharon Louden, David Nash, Michelle Segre, Susan Stockwell, Brian Tolle

Installation Photos

This detail looks like a hole buried beneath a series of torn papers
This is a photograph of an installation which appears to be a twisting smoke stack
This is a photograph of a work which loos like regular animal bones but they are giant-sized false bones
This is a photograph of a light installation which appears to glow green in the darkness
This photograph of the installation which appears to be a normal utilities closest but upon closer look, everything is covered with shiny beads
This photograph of the installation which appears to be a normal utilities closest but upon closer look, everything is covered with shiny beads
This is a photograph of a large installation of a submarine which sat outside the museum during the exhibition
This is an installation done by Judy Fox which features three works that are representations of traditional figures as children in the nude in various poses
This is a photograph of a work by Mary Esch which looks like green wallpaper which many little white drawings repeated along the wall
This is a photograph from an installation which encompassed the stairwell which made it look and feel like you were ascending into the clouds
This is a photograph of the installation titled "Nature and Its Other" which was a part of the exhibition Here: Artist’s Interventions at The Aldrich

Links

"Here: Artist’s Interventions at the Aldrich Museum" Catalogue

Top image: Lee Boroson, "Cake Walk," 1998, Courtesy of the artist.