The Visual Thread

The Visual Thread
May 14, 2018 Hiroyuki Hamada

Here are some images from The Visual Thread, a group show curated by Lori Bookstein which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.  

I’m always intrigued by Kate Clark‘s human animal sculptures.  And Heidi Hahn is one of my favorite painters.  I like how her paintings can be very emotional, yet unmistakably absurd and odd, and all the elements are expressed with a very solid formal visual quality.  I am happy to be in the same show with them.  My work sits next to Sam Messer’s striking piece titled “how beautiful is the tiger who killed me”.   

Well, I can keep talking about other wonderful artists in the show…

Left: Kate Clark, Charmed, 2015, varied materials, 72 x 40x 23 inches

Center:  Heidi Hahn, The Body is Not Essential XII, 2016, oil on canvas, 32 x 36 inches

Right:  Hiroyuki Hamada, #76, 2011-13, painted resin, 46 x 37 x 31 inches

Left:  Hiroyuki Hamada, #76, 2011-13, painted resin, 46 x 37 x 31 inches

Right:  Sam Messer, how beautiful is the tiger who killed me, 2017, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches

You will probably recognize some of the artists in the show.

#LisaYuskavage
#EllenAltfest
#RichardBaker
#BaileyBobBailey
#PaulBowen
#MattBollinger
#AmyBrener
#EllenDriscoll
#KateClark
#EllenGallagher
#HeidiHahn
#HiroyukiHamada
#SharonHorvath
#SamMesser
#ElliottHundley
#SarahOppenheimer
#JenniferPacker
#JaniceRedman
#JackPierson
#JacolbySatterwhite
#KahnandSelesnick
#DuaneSlick
#SableElyseSmith
#JamesEverettStanley
#TabithaVevers
#BertYarborough
You can see more images here:
The show is up till May 20th at Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts.