For Immediate Release
October 2, 2023
CLARK ART INSTITUTE PRESENTS ARTIST TALK ON ORACLE BONES INSTALLATION
Williamstown, Massachusetts—On Wednesday, October 11, the Clark Art Institute hosts a conversation with exhibiting artist Elizabeth Atterbury and Anna Hepler. The two discuss process, collaboration, the studio, and Atterbury’s current installation, Oracle Bones, at 6 pm in the Clark’s auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.
Atterbury and Hepler share a curiosity for how objects and images shift in form and scale between two and three dimensions and across materials. Both based in New England, they’ve recently completed their third collaborative public art commission. Tessarae (2023), a mural comprised of handmade ceramic titles, is installed at the York Judicial Center (Biddeford, Maine).
A yearlong installation in public spaces around the Clark, Oracle Bones features work in a variety of media by Elizabeth Atterbury (b. 1982, West Palm Beach, Florida; lives and works in Portland, Maine). Atterbury makes vibrant geometric prints using chine collé and embossment; textured monochrome reliefs in raked mortar; and wood and stone sculptures that greatly enlarge objects of personal significance. Throughout her practice, Atterbury is interested in questions of legibility and opacity, improvisation and play, and object-making and remaking as ways to think through her interrupted family histories and Chinese American heritage.
This installation in the Manton Research Building and the Lower Clark Center is free and open to the public. It is organized by the Clark Art Institute and curated by Robert Wiesenberger, curator of contemporary projects.
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ABOUT THE CLARK
The Clark Art Institute, located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Opened in 1955, the Clark houses exceptional European and American paintings and sculpture, extensive collections of master prints and drawings, English silver, and early photography. Acting as convener through its Research and Academic Program, the Clark gathers an international community of scholars to participate in a lively program of conferences, colloquia, and workshops on topics of vital importance to the visual arts. The Clark library, consisting of some 300,000 volumes, is one of the nation’s premier art history libraries. The Clark also houses and co-sponsors the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.
The Clark, which has a three-star rating in the Michelin Green Guide, is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Its 140-acre campus includes miles of hiking and walking trails through woodlands and meadows, providing an exceptional experience of art in nature. Galleries are open 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday, from September through June, and daily in July and August. Admission is free January through March and is $20 from March through December; admission is free year-round for Clark members, all visitors age 21 and under, and students with a valid student ID. Free admission is also available through several programs, including First Sundays Free; a local library pass program; and EBT Card to Culture. For information on these programs and more, visit clarkart.edu or call 413 458 2303.
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