Collection Intervention: Ellen Gallagher’s DeLuxe

Home

Collection Intervention: Ellen Gallagher’s DeLuxe
. Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! .

Date: 2/7/2015 TO 5/17/2015
Time: 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM

3 Chapel Ave
Andover, Massachusetts 01810

Phone:
978.749.4015

Event Description: Ellen Gallagher (b. 1965) brings together imagery from myth, nature, art, and culture to create complex works in a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, relief, collage, print, sculpture, and film. This season the Addison is delighted to be able to exhibit Gallagher’s seminal print portfolio DeLuxe. To create this remarkable series of sixty works, the artist used beauty and hair product advertisements drawn from vintage African American magazines as raw material which she then transformed via printing techniques ranging from aquatint, drypoint, and silkscreen to laser-cutting, mold-making, and digital technology. Further subverting and recontextualizing the original ads, Gallagher added plasticine, paint, coconut oil, toy eyeballs, and glitter to each of the printed surfaces. A tour-de-force fusion of printmaking, drawing, collage, and painting this playful and provocative series of gridded prints offers sly and insightful commentary on modernism, mass media, fashion, identity, and race in mid-century America. Taking center stage in this exhibition, DeLuxe serves as inspiration for groupings of works chosen from the Addison’s permanent collection that explore the multiple layers of material and meaning revealed in Gallagher’s work. The Addison Gallery is open to the public and free of charge, Tuesday through Saturday, 10-5, and Sunday 1-5. Closed Mondays and national holidays. The museum is wheelchair accessible. Addison Gallery of American Art | Phillips Academy 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810 978.749.4015 addison@andover.edu www.addisongallery.org

Directions:
Phillips Academy, Andover: corner of route 28 (Main Street) and Chapel Ave.

Need more information?
If you need more information about this event, please complete the fields below:

Your Email Address:

Please enter email address

Your Name:

Question / Comment:

For general inquiries email us at: office@merrimackvalleychamber.com

EVENT SPONSORS

LINKS

Event Location Map
Current Weather

SET A REMINDER

Your Email Address

Remind me day(s) prior to the event date.

Collection Intervention: Ellen Gallagher’s DeLuxe .wc-legacyPageTitle, .GeneralHeader, .HeaderStyle1, #wc-eventDetailsPageTitle, #wc-eventRegistrationPageTitle { display: none!important; }