Art News:
PLEASE NOTE: The artist will be onsite installing the sculpture
May 18, 19, 20, and 21. WRITERS, p
lease contact Tammi to arrange an interview with the artist. PHOTOGRAPHERS can call ahead to make sure there is work being done at the time they want to come or stop by and head toward the river. You will see the sculpture on the north side of the property.
Tammi Flynn
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860-334-1635 (cell/text)
The Public Launch of New Outdoor Sculpture Matthew Geller’s Anticipator
June 8, 2013
OLD LYME, CT – May 8, 2013: On June 8 the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut,
unveils Anticipator, a temporary outdoor sculpture by New York-based artist Matthew Geller. A noted sculptor in the field of public art, Geller designed a work for the Museum grounds that combines a recycled tree trunk with three “bionic” limbs forged from Corten steel. These perforated branches emit colored light and mist through fan-like blossoms. The tree used for the installation, a Star Magnolia that died a year or more ago, has great significance since it is documented that Miss Florence had the tree planted during the 1920s. “It would have been hard to find a better tree than this,” stated Geller. “Anticipator continues the bond between this landscape and the creation of art begun by the artists of the Lyme Art Colony.”
Playful, accessible, and unexpected, Anticipator offers elements of surprise that encourage visitors to interact with it and each other, fostering a sense of community as they stroll the grounds. Geller often incorporates mist into his works as a means of sparking conversation among viewers by subtly changing their surroundings. The mist—in constant flux as it is influenced by the slightest changes in the temperature, humidity and wind—transforms the environment, influencing how visitors perceive light and air against the backdrop of the Lieutenant River, a subject of interest to the generations of artists who have painted in and around the Florence Griswold House. The sculpture’s futuristic combination of natural and artificial forms plays off the historic site—the tree trunk has been salvaged from the grounds and the exotic blooms recall Miss Florence’s interest in non-native species, many of which she planted around her house. A new biomechanical hybrid that is part plant and part machine, Anticipator shapes its environment in an almost animate way, introducing the elements of mist and light and eliciting feedback in return.
http://www.matthewgeller.com/
Special Opening Day Event
Anticipator Day
Saturday, June 8
Activities are included with Museum admission.
The Debut of Matthew Geller’s Anticipator Sculpture
Be one of the first to view the new outdoor sculpture Anticipator by Matthew Geller, which combines a fallen tree originally planted by Miss Florence, Corten steel, lights, and mist. The artist will be on hand to answer questions and talk about the process that led to the creation of Anticipator.
Anticipator Art
11am-4pm
Hands-on crafts in the Education Center.
Dancing A, B, C, with L’Ana Burton
2pm
Visitors can join dancer L’Ana Burton for a self-expressive dance class on the grounds. Inspired by the alphabet, Burton will lead families with children about the grounds to discover letters and shapes in nature to be used in a final dance. The A is for Anticipator, the new sculpture by Matthew Geller.
