The Sheldon Art Galleries presents Material Landscapes, June 17, 2011 through January 21, 2012 in the Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture. Please join us for a gallery opening reception on Friday, June 17 from 5 - 7 p.m.! Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Noon - 8 p.m.; Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, Noon - 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission. Admission is free. For more information on the exhibition, visit the galleries' website at www.thesheldon.org/galleries.asp.
The work of eight award-winning landscape architecture firms will be featured in the exhibition Material Landscapes, which includes project photographs and drawings. The projects specifically emphasize the employment of materials in landscape design which critically engage contemporary design issues in landscape architecture. Projects such as Stoss' recently completed Erie Street Plaza in Milwaukee are included. The exhibition features work by the following firms: D.I.R.T. studio, dlandstudio, ESKYIU, Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies (KBAS), Legge Lewis Legge, PEG office of landscape + architecture, Stoss Landscape Urbanism and WANTED Landscape, LLC. This show continues the dialogue on landscape architecture established by recent initiatives in the St. Louis area - including the international design competition to reshape the area surrounding the Gateway Arch, the creation of Citygarden, the renovation of the Old Post Office Plaza, and the launch of a new Master of Landscape Architecture program at Washington University .
The exhibition was commissioned by the Sheldon Art Galleries , St. Louis , and is curated by Liane Hancock, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Materials Resource Center in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis . The exhibition is curated by Liane Hancock, senior lecturer in architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University . Hancock also serves as co-director of the university's Materials Resource Center , developing resources to educate architects, artists and designers on the production and employment of building materials. Hancock was responsible for several other past exhibits at the Sheldon Art Galleries , including Perret and LeCorbusier: A Dialogue in Reinforced Concrete and the exhibition of work by summer high school architecture students from the Architecture Discovery Program at Washington University shown in the AT&T Gallery of Children's Art. For curator interviews, please contact Liane Hancock, hancock@wustl.edu or 314-935-4202.
The not-for-profit Sheldon Art Galleries exhibits works by local, national and International Artists in all media. Over 6,000 square feet of the galleries' spaces on the 2nd floor are permanently devoted to rotating exhibits of photography, architecture, jazz art and history, and children's art. A sculpture garden, seen from both the atrium lobby and the connecting glass bridge, features periodic rotations and installations, and the Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery on the lower level features art of all media. The Sheldon actively supports the work of St. Louis artists in all mediums and features a dedicatEd Gallery with museum-quality exhibits by St. Louis artists, past and present.Financial Assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. Support is provided by the Regional Arts Commission and the Arts and Education Council.
