Humankind has a rich history of trying to understand natural environments through frameworks like time, topography, geology, and documentation. This exhibition brings together artworks from the museum’s permanent collection that explore ideas about erosion, entropy, encroachment, and impermanence as well as nature’s beauty and magnitude. Emil Lukas’s sculpture Time Line under Pear Tree, 1994-96, serves as the exhibition’s focal point among documentary, abstract, conceptual, and surrealist artworks.
Time, Space, Place, Trace is a collaborative effort between the Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG’s School of Art, and students in art education classes during the academic year 2019-2020. Working with Curator of Collections Elaine D. Gustafson and Associate Professor of Art Sunny Spillane, students were tasked to originate, research, and collaborate on an exhibition drawn from the museum’s collection. Upon determining the curatorial thesis, the students then selected, previewed, and evaluated artworks that illustrated and strengthened their concept. This semester, students will use the exhibition as a springboard to create curriculum-based lesson plans for Guilford County teachers. This is the second time that the Weatherspoon and the School of Art have collaborated on an exhibition to provide art education students a hands-on professional museum experience.
Organized by Elaine D. Gustafson, Curator of Collections.
