Les With Bees by Holly Lynton
If the decidedly summery weather of late (not to mention the delicious luxury of the just-past, extra-long Memorial Day Weekend) has you itching to take some time off and get out of the city, we here at Jen Bekman Gallery have a couple of awesome art pilgrimage suggestions (or perhaps “art road trips” is more appropriate, in the interest of sounding a little more carefree and leisurely).
First and foremost: Works by Holly Lynton will be featured in a show at the Storefront Artist Project in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, titled Selections from the Cultural Corridor, which opens this coming Saturday, June 5th 2010.
This year marks the 5th installment of the annual Cultural Corridor exhibition, a project conceived of in 2006 by Peter Dudek, the former director of the Storefront Artist Project, who envisioned the area between NYC and Bennington, Vermont as a rapidly developing “Cultural Corridor,” featuring such arts landmarks as Storm King, Dia Beacon, and MASS MoCA, as well as an ever-expanding and incredibly diverse population of artists. The exhibition presents a sampling of work by these artists who work, live, or are in some way connected to this region, and serves as a terrific way to get a glimpse into the fascinating arts culture that exists just beyond NYC proper.
Wall Drawing 610 by Sol LeWitt
This year’s show was co-curated by Dudek, and Susan Cross, which leads us to our second, related art-visit-recommendation. Cross’ day-job is as curator for (the just-a-short-drive-from-Pittsfield) MASS MoCA, another fantastic arts institute along the “Cultural Corridor”, where the hugely ambitious, (and out-of-control-amazing) show, Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective is currently on view. The exhibit is made up of 105 (!) of LeWitt’s wall drawings, spanning more than 30 years of his career (!!), has an entire building (27000 square feet!) dedicated to it, and will be on view for 25 years—until 2033. (!!, yet again).
Though there is obviously no rush to get to the LeWitt, may we suggest that you swing by both The Storefront Artist Project and MASS MoCA some time in the next few weekends? Selections From the Cultural Corridor is a much more limited engagement, open Saturdays and Sundays only, from June 5th to the 27th, and both shows are absolutely worth the trip.
The Details:
Selections From the Cultural Corridor
Storefront Artist Project
On view: June 5th – June 27th, 2010
Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, noon - 5 p.m.
124 Fenn Street, Pittsfield, MA
Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective
MASS MoCA
On view until 2033 (the year)
87 Marshall Street, North Adams, MA
Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., closed Tuesdays
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