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Burn: Artists Play with Fire 3/31/2001 - 6/3/2001 The Norton Museum of Art opens a new exhibition entitled Burn: Artists Play with Fire on March 31, 2001. This exhibition brings together both emerging and established contemporary artists working with traditional and non-traditional materials and processes. It explores the mystical magnetic attraction that fire holds for artists. Burn: Artists Play with Fire examines a cross-section of contemporary works of art which incorporate fire, smoke and/or ash. The exhibition will be comprised of a broad range of artists utilizing a variety of media and approaches including video, painting, sculpture and photography. Some of the featured artists include L.C. Armstrong, Chris Burden, John Cage, Willie Cole, Yves Klein, Kathleen Kucka, Leslie Lerner, Ana Mendieta, David Nash, Dennis Oppenheim and George Stoll. These artists utilize a breadth of techniques and mediums - from Ana Mendieta's haunting photographs which silhouette her body in ash and flame to the ominous charred wood sculptures of David Nash to Willie Cole's resonant scorched images on canvas using a common household iron. Technique and theme merge in these dramatic works as artists explore such issues as cultural identity, environmental fragility, and personal loss. Burn: Artists Play with Fire is organized by the Norton Museum of Art. This exhibition is generously funded in part through the Neuberger Berman, LLC Fund at the New York Community Trust, with additional support from the Norton Museum's Michael M. Rea Endowment for Special Exhibitions and the Mr. and Mrs. Hamish Maxwell Exhibitions Endowment. The exhibition will be accompanied by a comprehensive soft-cover catalogue, which contains essays by Neil Watson, Curator of Contemporary Art, Norton Museum of Art and noted author A.M. Homes. The catalog, which will also include a checklist of the exhibition, biographies of the artists, and bibliography will be available in the Museum Store. Burn: Artists Play with Fire opened at the Norton Museum of Art. After the exhibition leaves the Norton Museum of Art, it will travel to the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina.  |
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