Thursday, July 25, 2019
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (ET)
Tang Teaching Museum Somers
Event Type
Lecture
Contact
Department
Tang Teaching Museum/Art Gallery
Link
http://ems.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=26068
Sharon
Bates invents fantastic, imaginary assemblages and site-specific installations,
mostly composed of real objects that she has collected and inventoried for
years. She arranges many of these collections into “taxonomies”, families of
similar things, that appear to have some obscure, historical utility. Bates
often reconfigures previously assembled pieces for different settings, creating
new works and renaming them. In addition to her sculptural work, she has
produced a large body of black and white drawings she has organized in groups
of “animals, vegetables and minerals”. Sharon will be on campus this summer to
work alongside Patrick Casey in the Skidmore Print Shop to create her first
artist print.
For more information on Sharon Bates click here