Viola Frey: A Lasting Legacy
by Kenneth R. Trapp
About the Catalogue
Viola Frey: A Lasting Legacy with
essays by Kenneth R. Trapp and Ric Ambrose, contains 38 pages with numerous
color plates. It was published in connection with an exhibition of the same
name being toured January 13 through March 28, 2005 at the Avampato Discovery
Museum in Charleston, West Virginia; June 2 through September 4, 2005 at
the Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina, and September
16 through October 20, 2005 at Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, New York.
About the Author:
- Kenneth R. Trapp is the former Curator-in-Charge of the
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. For further references
to Mr. Trapp in Resource Library please see:
Resource Library editor's
note:
This essay was rekeyed and reprinted on July 28, 2005 in
Resource Library with permission of the author and Nancy Hoffman
Gallery. Images accompanying the text in the exhibition catalogue were not
reproduced with this reprinting. If you have questions or comments regarding
the essay, or if you are interested in obtaining a copy of the catalogue,
please contact Nancy Hoffman Gallery at either this web address or phone
number:
Resource Library wishes to
extend appreciation to Ms. Judith Nichols of Nancy Hoffman Gallery for help
concerning permission for reprinting the above text
Resource Library readers may
also enjoy these articles concerning Viola Frey:
and this online video:
KQED / San Francisco offers a 10-minute video on the
life and art of Viola
Frey, who passed away in 2004. In the February 18, 2004 Spark
show "From Life," viewers watch Frey working in her studio
on a series of colossal clay figures for a show in New York. Also
in the February 18 show, "photographer Olivier
Laude photographs his friends and acquaintances cast as characters in
elaborately conceived tableaux that spoof ethnographic portraits. Using
an unholy mix of beans, noodles and yarn, Jason
Mecier creates mosaic portraits of friends and celebs that are shockingly
realistic and endlessly entertaining."
TFAO also suggests these DVD or VHS videos:
- Viola Frey: Memory Assembled. When Viola Frey died in 2004 she
left behind a rich and complex legacy layered by the enigmatic quality
of her person. Widely recognized as a leading figurative sculptor of the
late 20th century, Frey's monumental achievement lies in successfully expressing
her artistic vision through a highly personal iconography and in the extraordinarily
rich diversity of her work. Viola Frey: Memory Assembled is an exploration
of the life and work of this remarkable woman. Begun prior to her death,
the film incorporates original footage of Frey, and interviews with her
artistic peers, eminent art historians and curators. From her childhood
in Lodi, California through her education as a painter and ceramicist and
her career as an artist and educator, Frey's impact on the art world is
discussed and lauded. Director, David Bransten. 2006. 36 min. DVD 6788
Available from Media Resources Center, Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
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