Watercolor winter landscape7/23/2023 The work also has two metal gongs affixed to the side of the bus that Maravilla rings during sound baths for the vibrational healing practices he adopted during his cancer treatment. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a large, bus-sized sculpture adorned with artifacts that Maravilla picked up while retracing the route he took while fleeing. The work, commissioned by the ICA Watershed, is titled “Mariposa Relámpago,” which translates to “Lightning Butterfly.” It is the artist’s largest sculpture to date, is inspired by two major life-changing events: fleeing his home country of El Salvador as an unaccompanied minor during the Salvadoran Civil War, and his cancer diagnosis in the 2010s. If you’re looking for an artistic experience that jumps out of the frame, consider the sculptures of Guadalupe Maravilla. ' Guadalupe Maravilla: Mariposa Relámpago' Richard Foster Yarde, "Cunard Street, Interior II," 1980. The exhibit features paintings from over fifty artists, including both well-known and more underrepresented painters. One piece on display is Sol Lewitt’s massive “Wavy Brushstrokes” (1995), which you can watch being installed in a video here. The show explores how watercolor has evolved since its arrival in America in 1866 to now. This exhibit at the Harvard Art Museums tells the latter half of that story. Its weightlessness allowed the art form to transform from its early European roots in still life to fantastical surrealism and abstract wonders in America. Watercolor as a medium includes lighter colors and feels less weighty than its materially heavier cousins, acrylic, oil and ink. ' American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light'Īs the summer heats up, we’re drawn out of the darkness of the winter cold and the heaviness of spring rains and into the light, which serves as a fitting name for this exhibition. How will an increasingly technological world shape our sense of humanity? Perhaps engaging with the new exhibitions springing up throughout Massachusetts will bring more understanding - and spark some fascinating conversations for a few summer days. With the advances in artificial intelligence and augmented reality in the last few years, our relationship with the physical, natural world is a curious topic. The relationship between humans and nature and the often blurry line separating the two is a subject that curators across the state are exploring as we enter the summer. There seems to be a common thread running through a wide range of upcoming exhibitions. We’re lucky in Massachusetts to have an abundance of creative programming this season. School’s out, the sun’s out and new art is all around us. (Courtesy Christie’s heirs of Josephine N. Facebook Email Edward Hopper, "Beach, Bass Rocks," 1923-24.
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