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About the Exhibition
Opening Reception: Wednesday,
September 4, 6-9 pm
Gallery talk: Wednesday, September 4, 4:30 pm
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania
is pleased to present the first one-person museum exhibition of drawings
by Amy Cutler. Presented in the ICA's Project Space, this exhibition continues
the museum's tradition of exhibiting the work of talented emerging artists.
Cutler (b. in 1974, Poughkeepsie, NY, lives and works in New York) has
had one-person gallery exhibitions at Miller Block in Boston, Massachusetts
and at Leslie Tonkonow, Artworks + Projects in New York. She has also
participated in group exhibitions at The Brooklyn Museum of Art and the
New Langton Arts in San Francisco. This exhibition is curated by Elyse
Gonzales, Assistant Curator, ICA.
In her finely crafted, highly detailed drawings, Amy Cutler creates surrealistic
worlds where girls roost in trees like birds and women have tea kettles
for heads. Floating in the midst of crisp, white paper, Cutler's scenes
resemble children's illustrations that hark back to the Brothers Grimm.
While these drawings are not meant to be literal translations of stories,
they do speak to the tradition of storytelling that forms a part of childhood.
In exploring these ideas Cutler has developed her own personal symbolism
and her fantasies unfold with a recklessness that is both easy and inscrutable.
ICA acknowledges the generous sponsorship of
Mr. & Mrs. Berton E. Korman. We are also grateful for funding provided
by Elaine and Melvin Finkelstein and the members of the Philadelphia Chapter
of ICA s Leadership Circle: Jill & Paul Aschkenasy; James Fulton &
Eric Rymshaw; Carolyn & Michael Jacobs; Kirk Kirkpatrick & John
Wind; Suzanne & Jeffrey Koopman; Norma & Larry Reichlin; Alan
Sandman & John Pcsolar; David & Sandi Slap; Mr. & Mrs. Michael
Sloane; Joel Assouline & Vibeke Lichten; Mr. & Mrs. David Baraky;
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Born; Carolyn Gould; Mr. & Mrs. James Korman;
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Korman; Neil Nevaras & Kevin Walker; Julia Pershan
& Jon Cohen; Stephen & Lizabeth Raynes; David & Lisa Seltzer;
Glen T. Senk & Keith Johnson; Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wolfson; and
Nancy & Michael Yecies. Additional support has been provided by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Dietrich Foundation
Inc., the Overseers Board for the Institute of Contemporary Art, friends
and members of ICA, and the University of Pennsylvania. (Information complete
as of 8/7/02.)
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About the ICA
Founded in 1963 at the University of Pennsylvania, the Institute of Contemporary
Art provides a forum for the presentation and documentation of recent developments
in the visual arts. ICA challenges the public's understanding of contemporary
art by presenting innovative work of established artists and the work of
emerging artists through critically-acclaimed exhibitions, educational programs,
and publications. New this year is a Project Space gallery designed to present
smaller, one-person shows of emerging artists, and to serve as a laboratory
for artists at various junctures in their careers to test new ideas and
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