Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Loft Artists Association
575 Pacific Street
Stamford, CT 06902
Our juror/curator, Arianne Faber Kolb, PhD created the concept for “The Shape of Memories.” She states, “This exhibition explores the theme of memory and the key role it plays in art. Most artists’ works, whether on a conscious or subconscious level, reflect certain personal experiences and histories. References to the past can be monumental, quotidian or intimate. Everyday objects or places take on new meaning depending on how they are interpreted or experienced. In Marcel Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past,” the smell and taste of a Madeleine cake triggers a flood of memories and transports the author to another time and experience in his life. The show will explore the various mnemonic devices artists use to create thought provoking connections and commentaries on the passage of time.”
Arianne Faber Kolb, PhD, an art historian and independent curator. She was the Executive Co-Director of the Carriage Barn Arts Center, a curator in the J.Paul Getty Museum’s Paintings and Drawings Departments, and a researcher in the Paintings Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has curated numerous exhibitions and her published work includes a book on Jan Brueghel the Elder, articles on old master painting, exhibition catalogues of contemporary Cuban art, and two children’s books on New Canaan architecture and history.