The Halsey Institute hosts between six and ten exhibitions per year, along with a visiting artist lecture series, film screenings, symposia, and gallery talks. The focus is on the issues and images of contemporary art with an emphasis on works produced by emerging and mid-career artists of national stature. The Halsey Institute also maintains a strong international component, bringing in artists from Italy, Canada, Germany, Japan, China, India, Africa, Russia, and Slovenia, to list a few.
On View
Mend: Love, Life, & Loss: Group exhibition
Curated by Mark Sloan
Oct 24 - Dec 5
Opening Reception/Performance: Oct. 24th, 5 - 7
online exhibition »
This exhibition explores the paradoxical nature of the idea of mending--be it a human who is sick, a heart that is broken, or a profound grief over a death. The patch is often stronger than the original--hence the paradox. The artists in this show probe the dualities of strength/fragility, hope/despair, joy/grief, pretty/nasty, dainty/brutal, etc. using fiber as the key metaphor. Each of the ten nationally known artists employ the yoking of opposites as an expressive vehicle. All of the works in the show contain at least some sort of fiber--string, hair, thread, yarn, etc. Fiber is the central metaphor, as it is evidenced to be visibly fragile, yet through the mend, it becomes durable, and at times, indelible.
Artists:
Adrienne Antonson, Pinky Bass,
Jon Coffelt,
Leslie Kneisel,
Nava Lubelski,
Preston Orr,
Susan Harbage Page,
Marilyn Pappas,
Mireille Vautier,
Rachel Wright
Special Project
Smoke and Mirrors: A Journey to Healing Knowledge photography by Vance Gellert
At 7:30 PM November 10th, after the Silver Moon bash, HICA members are invited to come across the street to Alumni Hall to see a special presentation by 2008-09 Patron Print artist and pharmacologist Vance Gellert entitled Smoke and Mirrors: A Journey to Healing Knowledge. Gellert has devoted the past four years to researching and photographing traditional healing rituals and medicines in South America. An exhibition of his work will be shown at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park November 15 – January 4, 2009.
Contemporary Carolina Collection @ MUSC
project site »Art is medicine for the mind and body. Art evokes calm, creative and inspirational feelings that can improve attitudes and perceptions about wellness. Art elicits a relaxed state of being that can enhance immune processes and blood flow. The presence of art in hospitals has been shown to reduce the lengths of patient stays and to help relieve stress for patients and visitors. HICA Director Mark Sloan served as the curator for the project.
Online Feature
Force of Nature: Site Installations by Ten Japanese Artists
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007This unique exhibition was a grand collaboration between seven institutions in North and South Carolina and ten contemporary Japanese artists. The artists lived in the Carolinas for six-week residencies, creating work using natural materials or processes and were installed at their host institutions.
The comprehensive online exhibition offers analysis, hundreds of images, video and much more.
