Quiet Time / Love's Labour: an exhibition considering time, labor, and the creative process
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery is pleased to present Quiet Time/ Love’s Labour, an exhibition considering time, labor, and the creative process. The exhibition opens February 20 and runs through March 22, 2007. A public reception is scheduled for Friday, February 23 from 6-8:30 pm. Chair shiatsu massage will be provided at the reception by alight-a studio for shiatsu.
Round table discussions among participating artists and faculty from a variety of disciplines will take place on Tuesday, February 27 and Wednesday, March 7 at 4 pm in the Nash Gallery.
Love’s Labour: performances in proximity will take place on Thursday, February 28 from 6-7 pm.
Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
"Juju Dress", 2003 Mixed media
Spiridoula Politi
"Art Means to Dream", 2002 Sheet, thread, ink
Please note new gallery hours at the Nash: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am – 7 pm
In modern society, quiet time is an elusive reprieve, that hypothetical pause in the day where oneis allowed to do nothing. One’s time is measured in minutes, in hours, in days, in dollars. Yet, the existence of this exhibition proves that this mindset is not the only one. "Quiet Time: Love's Labour” explores artists’ own personal expressions of time, illuminating the notion that not all quiet time is “downtime” and not all labor is rewarded economically. After all, artistic expression itself revolts against the notion of "time is money” and the thousands of “starving artists” attest to this. In a world where nearly everything is assessed on a monetary system, where does art fit? One only needs to examine the works within this exhibition to realize that these artists have found a different solution. – Nicole Salm
Diane Katsiaficas is the curator of Quiet Time/ Love’s Labour. The catalogue for the exhibition was designed by Kristina Knuth, MFA candidate, 2007; the catalogue essay is by Nicole Salm, BA honors candidate in art and art history, 2007.
The exhibit will later travel to Thessaloniki and Athens, Greece; and Istanbul, Turkey.
Funding for Quiet Time/Love’s Labour: University of Minnesota: Institute for Advanced Study, CLA Scholarly Events Fund, Institute for Global Studies, CLA Departments of Art; Art History; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; Spanish and Portuguese; Center for University Women; and the CLA Honors Program. Partners of the Americas, Sabanci University, and the Textile Center of Minnesota.
