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6/9/2014

Three exhibitions

Danforth Art, Framingham

The Expressive Voice
Brought to Light

Danforth Art has become recognized for its commitment to Boston Expressionism, a school that em;braced a distinctive blend of visionary painting, dark humor, religious mysticism, and social commentary. Historical roots of this movement can be traced to European Symbolism and German Expressionism, and many artists living and working in the Boston area in the latter half of the twentieth century studied under the direction of Karl Zerbe at the Museum School. These artists explored human emotion and spirituality with color and imagination, pushing paint across the surface of the canvas in a way that influenced Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, and were important to the development of Abstract Expressionism.

The Expressive Voice: Brought to Light is a reinstallation of our permanent collection showcasing select works from Danforth Art’s collection of Boston Expressionism from the 1930s to today. Works on view highlight the mystical and spiritual aspects of the movement—the otherworldly that is “brought to light” on the canvas. Included in the exhibition are works by founding members of the movement—prominent Boston artists Karl Zerbe, Jack Levine, and Hyman Bloom—as well as like-minded artists representing later generations of the movement. Highlights include Hyman Bloom’s ethereal Séance II, Karl Zerbe’s imagined portrait Under the Chandelier, and Jason Berger’s gory Quincy Market.

Also “brought to light” this season are select recent acquisitions, exhibited as part of our Permanent Collection for the first time. Several of these works highlight recent exhibitions and represent important additions to the Permanent Collection that we are eager to share with our visitors.

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Brian Kaplan
Not Your Vacation

Brian Kaplan’s work is part of an extensive project documenting space and place on Cape Cod in the off-season. The idea of the Cape as an idyllic tourist destination is challenged by Kaplan’s stark views of shuttered motels and abandoned detritus. Piles of televisions, rows of lamps, and discarded fireworks take on a life of their own as they represent the transient nature of leisure time as well as the often invisible industry that makes such escapes possible. Works on view at Danforth Art reveal Kaplan’s unapologetic observations of what remains when the vacation ends.

Artist Talks
Sunday, September 28 \ 3pm
Wednesday, October 8 \ 12:30pm

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Sarah Pollman
Aura/Ground

This exhibition focuses on two of Sarah Pollman’s photographic projects—separated by shifts in philosophy and technique, but united in close observation of the tenuous relationship between the past and present, and the meaning we seek in identity. The spectral and uncanny are evidenced in Pollman’s nightscapes—figures hover on stairs and outside of houses, and the past is forced into the present with solemn monumentality in her depictions of grave markers. Works explore text as a signifier, and ask if an object or a place can adequately represent the ephemeral, as Pollman explores the ghostly traces we leave behind.

Artist Talks
Wednesday, September 24 \ 12:30pm
Sunday, October 19 \ 3pm

Image: Brian Kaplan, White Village Cottages (detail). Courtesy of the Artist.

Fall Open House
Sunday, September 7
Free admission \ 12–5pm
Activities for all ages \ 2–4pm

Members Only Reception
Saturday, September 13 \ 6–8pm

Danforth Art
123 Union Avenue - Framingham, MA 01702
Museum Hours
Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 12pm–5pm
Thursday 12pm–5pm
Friday 10am–5pm
Saturday 10am–5pm
Sunday 12pm–5pm
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Admission
Members Free
Children Under 17 Free
Adults $11
Seniors $9
Students $8

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