Refining Landscapes by Vivian Beer
8:30 AM November 23, 2015 - 8:00 PM February 29, 2016
Location:
Gallery 344
City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA
Vivian Beer is sculptor, furniture maker, and photographer. In 2012 she was commissioned by the City of Cambridge to create a public artwork for Nunes Park in Cambridgeport. Entitled Thunderhead, it is a bench that becomes not-a-bench, bending itself into curves and loops that defy sitting.
Refining Landscapes lets the viewer in on the artist’s processes that the public rarely gets to glimpse, through drawings, photographs, videos, jigs, and models, alongside finished pieces. Vivian’s materials include steel, concrete, automotive paint systems, and bronze. Her practice reveals and synthesizes her interest in the forces of nature and industrial forms, a sophisticated knowledge of engineering and fabrication, and an exquisite sense of design.
From the landscape of the desert to the landscape of a chaise lounge, Vivian’s work jostles expectations and shows how a perfectly resolved sculptural form can ask questions.
More information at http://www.cambridgema.gov//arts/publicart/gallery344