The Dorsky Museum announces Intimately Unfamiliar: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty
Archival digital print, 20 x 30 in.
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz presents Intimately Unfamiliar: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty, an exhibition of diverse works by more than 20 full-time art faculty at the College.
Organized by independent curator and educator Michael Asbill, Intimately Unfamiliar will be on display at The Dorsky Museum from Feb. 4 through May 21, 2017, in the Museum’s Howard Greenberg Family Gallery.
A public opening reception will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, from 5-7 p.m.
This home-grown exhibition presents a rare confluence of diverse artistic media, technologies and subject matters. On close inspection, one discovers that these works are united by their expression of a deep and abiding tension between the recognizable objects, situations, places and spaces of everyday life. These projects have been carefully curated to gesture toward the uncanny moments when we comprehend how seemingly ordinary aspects of modern being are endlessly complicated, often deceptive and ultimately unknowable.
Participating artists include: Thomas Albrecht, Robin Arnold, Lynn Batchelder, Rimer Cardillo, Amy Cheng, Bryan Czibesz, Francois Deschamps, James Fossett, Andrea Frank, Matthew Friday, Michael Gayk, Kathy Goodell, Joshua Korenblat, Rena Leinberger, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Itty Neuhaus, Jill Parisi, Emily Puthoff, Nadia Sablin, Thomas Sarrantonio, Anat Shiftan, Suzanne Stokes and Dimitry Tetin.
Intimately Unfamiliar is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, which will be available for purchase at The Dorsky or online at SUNY Press.
Funding for Intimately Unfamiliar is provided by the Friends of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art and SUNY New Paltz. Additional funding has been provided by the Dorsky Museum Contemporary Art Program Fund and the SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts.
EXHIBITION-RELATED PROGRAMS
Public Opening Reception
Saturday, Feb. 4, 5–7 p.m.
Performance art by Thomas Albrecht, associate professor and assistant dean of Fine & Performing Arts
Feb. 11, 18 and 25, March 4, 11, 18 and 25 and April 1, All performances 12–2 p.m.
Gallery Talk with Guest Curator Michael Asbill
Saturday, Feb. 18, 2 p.m.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Michael Asbill works at the interstices of art, education, community and curation. He directs CHRCH Project Space in Cottekill, N.Y., is a core contributor to the arts collective Habitat for Artists, and is a founding member of Mettacamp, an arts and agriculture community in Accord, N.Y. Projects and exhibitions include “Centre-ville Formations” at Espace Zybaldone in Sherbrooke, Quebec, “How Much, How Little, the Space to Create” at the Corcoran Museum of Art, and “Elevations in Transition” an historical public artwork for the Oregon City Elevator. Michael Asbill teaches art history at SUNY Ulster.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM
Through its collections, exhibitions and public programs, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz supports and enriches the academic programs at the College, presents a broad range of world art for study and enjoyment and serves as a center for Hudson Valley arts and culture. The museum is widely recognized as the premier public showplace for exhibition, education and cultural scholarship about the Hudson Valley region’s art and artists from yesterday and today. With more than 9,000 square feet of exhibition space distributed over six galleries, The Dorsky Museum is one of the largest museums in the SUNY system. Since its official dedication on Oct. 20, 2001, The Dorsky has presented more than 100 exhibitions, including commissions, collection-based projects and in-depth studies of contemporary artists including Robert Morris, Alice Neel, Judy Pfaff, Carolee Schneemann and Ushio Shinohara.
Museum Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed Mondays, Tuesdays, Holidays and Intersessions.
For more information about The Dorsky Museum and its programs, visit http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum or call (845) 257-3844.