\n The work of Lucy+Jorge Orta e xplores the major concerns that define the 21st century: biodiversity\, en vironmental conditions\, climate change\, and exchange among peoples. At t he same time\, this work embodies the philosophy that steers their pioneer ing art practice\, “the ethics of aesthetics.” As heirs to the practice of social sculpture\, formulated by Joseph Beuys in the 1960s\, the Ortas’ w orks are\, in a sense\, reflections of their own function--beguiling assem blages that are the platform for the preparation of food\, mechanisms that actually purify water\, and elements that they created for their 2007 exp edition to Antarctica and that are part of an effort to amend Article XIII of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The works in the exhib ition are metaphors-in-action\, constructions that perform the tasks of wh ich they are emblematic. It is in their ability to actually function\, alb eit awkwardly and haltingly\, that these objects gain power as works of ar t created to move us to awareness and action. FOOD-WATER-LIFE---LUCY+JORGE ORTA is curated by guest curators Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c2 curatorsquared\, and is co-sponsored by the College of the Environm ent with additional support from the Department of Art and Art History.
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\n 'Parallel and feeding into t
heir studio practice of sculpture and painting\, [Lucy+Jorge Orta] stage e
phemeral interventions\, performances\, [and] workshops\, which explore th
e crucial themes of the contemporary world.'
\n --Sublime Magazine (London)
\n\n\nPhone: (860) 685-3 355\n\n283 Washington Terrace\nWesleyan University\nMiddletown\, CT\n06459 \n DTSTART:20130129T163000 DTEND:20130129T183000 LOCATION:Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery PRIORITY: SUMMARY:Opening Reception for FOOD-WATER-LIFE---LUCY+JORGE ORTA URL:http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR