If you go
› What: (Re)Invention› Where: Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View› When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and Friday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday through May 21› Admission: $15 ages 18 and older› For more information: www.huntermuseum.org
Monica Chulewicz’s “I’m Not Here for You To Taunt,” 2016, cyanotype prints on vintage dress, 90 by 35 inches.(Re)Invention, an exhibition of art from 15 emerging young artists across the United States who are living with disabilities, opens today, March 16, at the Hunter Museum of American Art, continuing through May 21.
Kate Pincus-Whitney, whose work is included in (Re)Invention, will open the exhibit with a talk tonight at 6 o’clock.
(Re)Invention is the 15th exhibit presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with Volkswagen Group of America. Artists ranging in age from 16 to 25 explore what it means to have a disability and to resist being defined by it. Works range from bold self-portraits to whimsical animation to soft sculpture.
Pincus-Whitney’s narrative paintings and multimedia installations inform viewers of her experiences with dyslexia and stereo-blindness. Female forms, table scenes, food, patterns, color, abstracted and misspelled words are recurring motifs in her work. She describes herself as an “artist anthropologist,” following the thread of women in her family history, depicting female strength, resilience and creativity.
Through their art, the exhibit’s artists question common perceptions and expectations as well as display a sense of self. Rather than allowing their disabilities to label them, artists in this exhibition produce work that embodies the theme of re-invention, re-definition and re-making.
Jeremie Miller’s “Primary Bowls,” 2016, ceramic and fiber, 4 by 4.5 by 4 inches each.