{"id":41,"date":"2023-08-29T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/flemingmuseumofart\/?p=41"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:25:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T19:25:50","slug":"art-and-the-matter-of-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/flemingmuseumofart\/art-and-the-matter-of-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Art and the Matter of Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 5 – December 8, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Art objects can illuminate many ways in which place matters to the human experience. Art can give visual form and material expression to human connection to place. So too art can reveal different ways that humans have and continue to imbue places with meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grounded in these ideas, Art and the Matter of Place<\/em> presents a small, compelling group of works from the Fleming\u2019s collections. Through contemplation of form and materials, these objects encourage critical thinking about place and why it matters. A photograph of a marble quarry, for example, can evoke reflection on human interactions with material environments and natural resource extraction. A jar can offer insights about traditional cultural, geographical, and ecological knowledge of place. And additional objects can expand thinking about human attachment to place and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importantly, Art and the Matter of Place<\/em> is being shown in the Fleming\u2019s Wolcott Gallery. This small, comfortably furnished space nurtures deeply focused engagement with art. Visitors are invited to spend time here exploring the visual and material qualities of objects, and how these qualities relate to notions of place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as importantly, Fleming staff are increasingly thinking about issues of place. As part of\u00a0Fleming Reimagined, we are considering how to make the Museum a more welcoming and inclusive place for everyone. We are also reflecting on the Museum\u2019s colonialist history of collecting and displaying objects: practices that involved removing objects from places where they were originally made and used and where they formed an integral part of cultural life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By highlighting the manifold meanings of place, Art and the Matter of Place<\/em> aims to introduce visitors to issues that currently animate the work of Fleming staff and that relate to larger, ongoing efforts to reimagine the Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez, “Jar,” ca. 1934<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Maria<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1887-1980) and Julian Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1885-1943), Jar<\/em>, ca. 1934. Polished blackware pottery with matte paint. Gift of Franklin Huntington Stevens and Eldora Wright Stevens  1977.29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis Ray Hewitt, “Vermont State,” 1971<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Francis<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Francis Ray Hewitt (United States, 1936-1992), Vermont State<\/em>, from Four Corners Series<\/em>, 1971. Dirt on linen. Gift of Karen Hewitt  2001.15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don Ross, “Quarries, Rope, W. Rutland,” ca. 2010.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Don<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Don Ross (United States, b. 1951), Rope, W. Rutland<\/em>, from Quarries<\/em>, 2010s. Gelatin silver print. Bequest of J. Brooks Buxton ’56  2019.1.203<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 5 – December 8, 2023 Art objects can illuminate many ways in which place matters to the human experience. Art can give visual form and material expression to human connection to place. So too art can reveal different ways that humans have and continue to imbue places with meaning. Grounded in these ideas, Art and … <\/p>\n

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