Not So Cute & Cuddly
dal 25/10/2003 al 24/12/2003
Segnalato da
25/10/2003
Not So Cute & Cuddly
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita
The exhibition Not So Cute & Cuddly focuses on a trend by contemporary artists to appropriate and transform objects from childhood to explore not only the darker side of youth but also address a host of serious, adult issues. Simultaneously challenging and fun, the exhibition will bring together approximately 40 works by 20 international artists who use dolls, figurines, and stuffed toys to create diverse and complex meditations on memory and loss, the development of gender and cultural identities, as well as other topical social concerns.
Dolls and Stuffed Toys in Contemporary Art
October 26 through December 24, 2003
The exhibition Not So Cute & Cuddly focuses on a trend by contemporary artists to appropriate and transform objects from childhood to explore not only the darker side of youth but also address a host of serious, adult issues. Simultaneously challenging and fun, the exhibition will bring together approximately 40 works by 20 international artists who use dolls, figurines, and stuffed toys to create diverse and complex meditations on memory and loss, the development of gender and cultural identities, as well as other topical social concerns. While much of the subtext of the works in the exhibition is directed at adults, Not So Cute & Cuddly is also very accessible and engaging for the younger audience.
All of the works included in Not So Cute & Cuddly date from 1998 to the present and represent the vast range of artistic expression being used today, from the more traditional techniques of painting and sculpture to more experimental approaches in photography, video, and installation art. A timely survey of the pervasiveness of "youthful" imagery in contemporary culture, the exhibition mixes media as well as both more established and emerging artists. Not So Cute & Cuddly was organized by Elizabeth Dunbar, curator at the Ulrich Museum.
In conjunction with the Not So Cute & Cuddly, the Ulrich Museum of Art has partnered with the Wichita Center for the Arts and WSU's Student Activities Council Cinema and Video Committee to bring a series of films about weird, wild and wacky dolls.
Image: Frank Liu
Ernie, 2001
oil on canvas
48 by 60 inches
private collection
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
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