Foregrounding is here!
Published by French & Michigan, with essays by Suzanne Ramljak and Kathryn Blair Moore, conversation with Tanisha M. Williams, edited with introduction by Cé Wackenhut, designed by M. Wright
Hardcover | 11 x 9 inches | 224 pages
Funded in part by a Tiffany Foundation Artist Grant
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From article: The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is pleased to announce the artists selected for the upcoming exhibition Heavy Metal— Women to Watch 2018 , on view June 28–Sept. 16, 2018 . Showcasing contemporary artists working in metal, the fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series features up-and-coming or underrepresented artists from the states and countries where the museum has outreach committees. In consultation with contemporary art curators in their respective regions, the committees created shortlists of artists who work with metal— this year’s theme. The artists and works for inclusion in the summer exhibition were then selected by NMWA’s curatorial team from these submissions. Read More…
Penn was featured along with George Straight and Kermit Oliver as Texas State Artists of the Year.
From Article: Beverly Penn, the 2017 Texas State Visual Artist 3-D, also finds inspiration in nature, although with wildly different results. An internationally-known sculptor, she makes filigreed works that explore contradictory ideas about the natural environment. Read More…
Penn was featured by the William Campbell Contemporary Art gallery for her work in the Perpendicular to the Force of Gravity series.
From article: Perpendicular to the Force of Gravity, an exhibition of new cast bronze sculptures by Beverly Penn, will be on display October 21 through November 25 at William Campbell Contemporary Art. The gallery will host an opening reception Saturday, October 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The exhibition-her first solo show at the gallery-will include Penn’s signature metal constructions generated from botanical forms and exploring nature’s innate drive to propagate, even as humankind seeks to categorize, manipulate, and control it. A suite of six botanical monoprints, the genesis of this latest body of work, will accompany the new sculptures. Read More…
The New York Times Recommends Women to Watch 2018 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
From article: Travelers seeking inspiration for 2018 trips may want to consider art exhibitions and cultural festivals.
At the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., notable exhibitions include “Women House” (March 9 to May 28), which explores the role of women in American culture through photography, video, sculptures and large-scale installations, and “Heavy Metal — Women to Watch 2018” (June 28 to Sept. 16), a showcase of contemporary female artists who work with metal. Read More…
Penn was one of thirty artists who received a grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
From article: The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation announced the recipients of its 2017 biennial grants. Thirty artists who work in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, craft, and new media will each be awarded $20,000 in order to produce new work. In May 2018, their artwork will be documented in a catalogue published by the foundation.
The recipients were chosen from a pool of 156 people, who were nominated by artists, critics, museum professionals, and foundation trustees. The seven-member jury was made up of Phong Bui, co founder and artistic director of the Brooklyn Rail; Ruth Estévez, the director and curator of REDCAT Gallery in Los Angeles; Alison de Lima Greene, a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Chrissie Iles, a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art; artist Charles LeDray; artist Kerry James Marshall; and Bruce W. Pepich, the executive director and curator of collections at the Racine Art Museum in Wisconsin. Read More…
Penn’s work featured at upcoming exhibition at Lawndale Art Center with the Texas Sculpture Group.
From website: The Texas Sculpture Group presents an exhibition illustrating the excellent quality and diversity of contemporary sculpture in Texas curated by James Surls. The exhibition is dedicated to and in memory of late TSG Members Lee Littlefield, Bert Long, Jr. and Damian Priour, whose work is also featured in the exhibition. With eighty plus artist members, the exhibition is an opportunity for viewers to see the breadth of sculptural practice and diversity of media taking place all over the state: from bronze casting to video and performance, from site specific installations to light and sound to craft bombing. The exhibition acts as a catalyst for a conversation about what is Texas sculpture and the evolution that technology has had on contemporary practice. Read More…
Lux Art Institute was a remarkable summer residency.
From the interview: When artist Beverly Penn was a child growing up on a farm in Maryland, thistles were considered a nuisance, and her parents would pay her a penny for each thistle she dug up. Read More…
Check out Karen Schiff’s Brooklyn Rail article on language and experience. Thanks to Sydney Yeager for posting this on Facebook.
Co-Lab made a highly unique promo video for the upcoming show. Check it out.