Beverly Semmes: Starcraft

January 31, 2013 to March 08, 2013

Opening reception: January 31, 6-8 PM Beverly Semmes is an internationally acclaimed artist who creates environments of lush textiles and accompanying materials. Organized by Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, the exhibition installation entitled Starcraft features glass and clay vessels with oversized garments. Patterson Sims writes in the accompanying catalog: "They are costumes in search of their characters, patiently seeking and awaiting women - or maybe men, children, or a culture - big enough to wear them." The vessels' freeform and coarse features contrast with the smoothness of the fabric. Sims: "They are objects, not objects for use." Semmes is the recipient of many awards and grants: an NEA Fellowship (1994-95), a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (1997) and an award from the Art Critics International Association (2001). Semmes has had solo exhibitions in numerous places, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Whitney Museum Philip Morris Gallery, New York. Semmes's work is in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, as well as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Semmes lives in New York City and teaches at NYU and Pratt Institute. The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Art and Art History. Hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 - 4:30 PM and Thursday evenings 5-8 PM. We are located at 103 Garland Hall in the heart of the UA campus on Woods Quad. There is no admission charge. For further information, contact the gallery at 348-1891 or check out http://art.ua.edu/site/galleries/sarah-moody-gallery-of-art/

Location and directions:
103 Garland Hall

• http://art.ua.edu/site/galleries/sarah-moody-gallery-of-art/