Keystone Contemporary
The Taft Museum of Art annually highlights the work of an emerging artist from the Tristate region in the Keystone Contemporary series, presenting a small-scale solo exhibition in the Keystone Gallery.
The series continues the tradition of the historic home’s former residents, who helped many artists at the beginning of their careers. For example, Nicholas Longworth aided the youthful American sculptor Hiram Powers and commissioned the young painter Robert S. Duncanson to produce his first major work, the suite of landscape murals in the Taft foyer. Charles and Anna Taft purchased a few paintings from Cincinnati artists Frank Duveneck and Henry Farny and also invited young artists to their home to study their collection.
Keystone Contemporary exhibitions are invitational—the Taft does not accept unsolicited proposals or entries for the series.
Kristine Donnelly: Paperwork
August 6–October 24, 2010
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Inspired by historical decoration, wallpaper, and draperies, Kristine Donnelly's laborious hand-cutting transforms screen-printed paper into delicate structures that test the physical tolerance of the material. By printing, cutting, rolling, stretching, and pinning, she pushes paper to its limits. For this exhibition, Donnelly responded to the interior design of the Taft's historic house. "I'm considering the effervescent color palette of the Museum," she said, "as well as the process of making draperies: the plucking, pulling, and stretching fabric." Donnelly has also incorporated abstract details of the Taft's interior architecture and drapery patterns into her new work. Like peeling wallpaper in an old house, her work both conceals and reveals itself, encouraging viewrs to examine the intricate layers. "I want my installations and sculptures to challenge the notion that decoration belongs in the background," said Donnelly. A Cincinnati native, Donnelly graduated with a master of fine arts and a master of arts education from the University of Cincinnati in 2009 and received a Summerfair Individual Artist grant in the same year. In 2007, she was artist-in-residence at Open Studios in Prague, Czech Republic, funded by a Wolfstein Travel Fellowship from the UC College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. Donnelly currently designs art programs for children and families at the Cincinnati Art Museum. her work has been exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally, most recently at Carl Solway Gallery in Cincinnati, the University of Tennessee, and Northern Kentucky University. Sponsor Fine Arts Fund Partner |
Kristine Donnelly, Pose, 2010, Artist's Talk and Reception
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