{"id":86653,"date":"2022-06-20T09:24:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=86653"},"modified":"2022-08-04T14:54:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T18:54:22","slug":"bu-art-galleries-presents-field-visions","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2022\/bu-art-galleries-presents-field-visions\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Art Galleries Presents Field Visions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 20, 2022 | Boston, MA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Boston University Art Galleries (BUAG)<\/a> presents the exhibition Field Visions<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <\/em>on view from June 14 through September 14, 2022, at Boston University\u2019s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Caine, Fossil (2019) 44×36 inches. Oil on canvas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Field Visions,<\/em> curated by artist Matt Murphy, explores the possibilities of landscape \u2013 specifically, how abstraction, metaphor, and materiality are leveraged to open up these possibilities, and in doing so, render nature into an abstraction that becomes landscape. While each artist propels their unique poetic visions through an established genre, they also push material and the fiction outward, tree-like, proving that the field of landscape painting is not only pliable but expansive, and imagination is constantly unfolding and inventing new spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach artist in the show beings their own unique perspective on the idea of landscape in the contemporary world,\u201d says Lissa Cramer<\/a>, managing director of Boston University Art Galleries.<\/p>\n

For any painter, the assumption of the field must eventually be addressed. While the picture plane isn\u2019t always front and center in the pretense of the painting, it is always front and center. It is an area where transformation is wrought. For some painters, this space is narrative; for others, referential \u2013 but for all artists, this field is what hedges in their creative energies and allows them the freedom to give it shape.<\/p>\n

The field of landscape is rich with metaphoric possibilities. It is a space for cultivation, for battle, for death and rebirth. It implies transformation, as the artist reconstructs material into something greater than its original state. Consider the bronze shield of Achilles \u2013 the blacksmith portrays life in wartime contrasted with life in peace. It is a field within a field, a story within a story. Not only are battles won and lost in these fields, but plowmen furrow their rows and reap their harvests, lovers pluck and feed each other grapes, and dogs protect their herd from the lions that stalk them. These featured artists are working in their own fields \u2013 spaces serving as canvas for the human drama and narrative conflict, as well as a reminder that we are simultaneously above the field and within it.<\/p>\n

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Masako Kamiya, Northern Light (2015) 20×16 inches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In these landscapes, conflict plays out with nature. In one work, harvests are gathered against the rigorous and indifferent seasonal change; in another, the regularity of the tides marks the force of seasonal change itself. For other artists, the conflict lies within. Whether rummaging through memory or struggling to make the emotive sensate, these artists search for something inherently non-visual, layering mark over mark and color over color in an attempt to find it. For others still, conflict lies in the unseen. The fear of the unseen brings more fear \u2013 who is lurking just over the horizon? What are their intentions? Is there a future in this landscape? Will nature be benevolent? Will we be benevolent?<\/p>\n

ARTISTS ON VIEW<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Riley Brewster \u2022 Jennifer Caine (CFA\u201905) \u2022 Matt Hufford (CFA\u201919) \u2022 Masako Kamiya \u2022 Wilhelm Neusser \u2022 Anthony Palocci Jr. \u2022 Stephanie Pierce \u2022 Samnang Riebe \u2022 Sarah Stewart \u2022 Michael Zachary<\/p>\n

GALLERY HOURS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm |\u00a0Closed on Sunday, Monday, and Holidays<\/p>\n

All exhibitions and gallery events are free and open to the public<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Boston University Art Galleries<\/h5>\n

The Boston University Art Galleries is located at 855 Commonwealth Avenue inside the College of Fine Arts. The gallery is located on the Boston University campus (BU West T stop on the \u201cB\u201d Green Line.) Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 11am\u20135pm, (Closed Sundays, Mondays and Holidays.) For more information, visit\u00a0<\/span>bu.edu\/art<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boston University<\/h5>\n

Founded in 1839, Boston University is an internationally recognized institution of higher education and research. With more than 34,000 students, it is the fourth-largest independent university in the United States. BU consists of 17 schools and colleges, along with a number of multi-disciplinary centers and institutes integral to the University\u2019s research and teaching mission. In 2012, BU joined the Association of American Universities (AAU), a consortium of 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. Learn more at\u00a0<\/span>bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boston University College of Fine Arts<\/h5>\n

Established in 1954, Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) is a community of artist-scholars and scholar-artists who are passionate about the fine and performing arts, committed to diversity and inclusion, and determined to improve the lives of others through art. With programs in Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts, CFA prepares students for a meaningful creative life by developing their intellectual capacity to create art, shift perspective, think broadly, and master relevant skills. CFA offers a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as a range of online degrees and certificates. Learn more at\u00a0<\/span>bu.edu\/cfa<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On view through September 14 at BU’s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, Field Visions, curated by artist Matt Murphy, explores the possibilities of landscape. The exhibition features work from 10 artists including two CFA alums. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8701,"featured_media":87638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[],"bu-publication":[192],"magazine-article-category":[],"magazine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[309],"news-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/86653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86653"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/86653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89369,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/86653\/revisions\/89369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86653"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=86653"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-article-category?post=86653"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=86653"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=86653"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=86653"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=86653"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=86653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}