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Mandy Greer Dare alla Luce January 22 – May 30, 2009 Translated from Italian, “dare alla luce” is an idiomatic expression for giving birth: “to give to the light.” Drawing upon late Renaissance artist Jacopo Tintoretto’s painting The Origin of the Milky Way for inspiration, Greer recounts her own version of the Roman myth in which the milk of Juno’s breast rose to the sky to create the galaxy. Through countless small gestures of her craft, Greer employs humble handicraft processes and materials, executing her work through crochet, braiding, sewing and beading processes that use yarn, beads, shells, feathers and more. Merging the mythical and the mundane, Greer collapses the language and materials of the ordinary with the spectacular and the epic. The resulting work intertwines objects and space, resulting in an exuberant, sensual and visceral installation. Organized and commissioned by Bellevue Arts Museum and curated by Stefano Catalani, Mandy Greer: Dare alla Luce is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue produced by Bellevue Arts Museum. The catalog will be available for purchase in The Gallery January 2009. Presenting Sponsor: 
MULTIMEDIA Watch Mandy Greer discuss Dare alla Luce Listen to a conversation with Mandy Greer and curators Stefano Catalani and Namita Gupta Wiggers Watch the installation of Dare alla Luce Listen to an interview with artists Mandy Greer, Darrel Morris and curators Stefano Catalani (Bellevue Arts Museum) and Namita Gupta Wiggers (Museum of Contemporary Craft) by Eva Lake, Art Focus, KBOO Community Radio RELATED PROGRAMMING MEMBER EVENT PANEL DISCUSSION EXHIBITION TOUR EVENING DISCUSSION LECTURE NORTHWEST FILM PREMIERE IMAGES: |
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