Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery
Organized in response to Sol LeWitt's 1971 Wall Drawing #118, which was conceived and installed at SMFA that year, "Something Along Those Lines," is a dynamic group exhibition featuring nine modern and contemporary artists who blend conceptual, sculptural and performative engagements with the formal elements of drawing: Adel Abdessemed, Ann Carlson + Mary Ellen Strom, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Gego, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, Fred Sandback and Lawrence Weiner.
"Mnemonic" performance by Katrina Chamberlin
Thursday October 25 + Friday October 26
In conjunction with the SMFA exhibition "Something Along Those Lines" on view September 13-November 3
Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery
Visitors to the exhibition will have the opportunity to receive a permanent tattoo of a small blue dot on the location of their choosing. First performed at MCA Chicago in 2011, the Boston performance will function as a performative response to Wall Drawing #118: Fifty random points all connected by straight lines by Sol LeWitt, on view in the Grossman Gallery.
To be a participant and sign up for a permanent tattoo, click here: http://mnemonic.genbook.com
More information at www.smfa.edu/lines
Mission Hill building Gallery, SMFA
The second in a series of exhibitions developed by the Mission Hill Gallery Student Committee (Ryan Kish, Michael MacMahon, Monica Manoski, David Richmond, Constance Sawyer, Paul Sullivan, Carl Vestweber, Rebecca Williams) "Fear, Pessimism and Anxiety" is on view October 15–30, with a closing reception on October 30, 5–7 pm.
Participating artists:
Andrea Barone, Annie Blazejack, Monica Filippenko, Laura Harrison, Case Hathaway-Zepade, Sunyong Hwang, Hilary Irvine, Muge Karamanci, Charlotte Lewis, Greg Lookerse, Maia Lynch, Monica Manoski, Vanessa Michalak, Samara Pearlstein,Heather Rankin, David Richmond, Molly Segal, Tyler Smith, Paul Sullivan, Keena Tarrant, Garima Tripathy, Ashley Wood, Esther Zabronsky.
