New Work:
Susan Bacik
October 29 through
December 23, 1998
Susan Bacik, Bookmark, from Oracles Series,
found objects, 10" x 15" x 32".
Lent by the artist
Reception
Susan Bacik and Stephan Cushman
Friday, November 6
5:30 - 7:30 pm
First Sundays Gallery Talk
Susan Bacik and Stephen Cushman,
on art and poetry
Sunday, September 6, 4 pm
in the Museum
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This year, the Virginia Commission on the Arts added a
new grant category to its applications, offering educational
institutions the opportunity to commission new work by
Virginia artists. The Museum successfully applied for funds
to present new work by two area artists; Susan Bacik
and Robert Strini. Held in conjunction with the University's
Nobel Peace Prize conference, November 5-6, both exhibitions
explore social issues, using aesthetic means to provide a
continuing dialogue about harmony and discord, justice and
punishment.
Susan Bacik's Oracle and Scale Series pose questions about
how human beings communicate. "These sculptures," she
says,"are intended to reflect the incomprehensibility of
what man does to man, either marvelous or horrifying. They
also reflect on our inner mystery, posing the riddle of that
great source of inspiration and ability within each of us".
Composed of found objects, the sculptures, she adds, "are
infused with the energy and history of those who used their
more or less identifiable pieces and parts. Memory, as well
as the actual objects, becomes the raw material of the
sculpture." Accompanying selected Scale pieces are poems by
Steven Cushman, a professor in the English Department, who
collaborated with Bacik to create this sculpture-word
dialogue.
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