Beautiful Beast

Location

Wilkinson Gallery
New York Academy of Art
111 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013

 

Opening reception

Tuesday, February 3, 6-8pm

 

Artist panel

Artist Panel: March 2,
6:30-8pm featuring Barry X Ball, Lesley Dill, Eric Fischl,
and Rona Pondick

 

On view

January 27 –
March 8, 2015

*On view daily 2 – 8 pm
or by appointment
*Closed Wednesdays & holidays

 

Press Release

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Beautiful Beast, a group exhibition 16 acclaimed sculptors, explores the relationship between beauty and abjection through the lens of the grotesque with works by Barry X Ball, Monica Cook, Gehard Demetz, Lesley Dill, Richard Dupont, Eric Fischl, Judy Fox, Folkert de Jong, Elizabeth King, Mark Mennin, Evan Penny, Patricia Piccinini, Rona Pondick, Jeanne Silverthorne, Kiki Smith and Robert Taplin. Connected by their use of distortion to create fearless depictions of humanity, the work of Beautiful Beast runs the gamut of human emotion, often teetering towards the uncanny. Highlighting a wide range of work made over the past 20 years, the exhibition encompasses a variety of materials including foam, wood, steel and digital projections.

Curated by Peter Drake and organized by Elizabeth Hobson.
The exhibition is generously sponsored by Cadogan Tate Fine Art.

Exhibition/Artwork Inquiries: Elizabeth Hobson, Director of Exhibitions exhibitions@nyaa.edu (212) 842-5966

Media Inquiries: Folake Ologunja, PR Director fologunja@nyaa.edu (212) 842-5975