Wadsworth Atheneum ‘Fired Up’ for contemporary glass show

Alex Bernstein, ‘New Spring Blue Group,’ 2021. Cast, carved glass and steel, 25 by 45 by 6in. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Habatat Galleries.
Alex Bernstein, ‘New Spring Blue Group,’ 2021. Cast, carved glass and steel, 25 by 45 by 6in. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Habatat Galleries.
Alex Bernstein, ‘New Spring Blue Group,’ 2021. Cast, carved glass and steel, 25 by 45 by 6in. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Habatat Galleries.

HARTFORD, Conn. — More than 50 contemporary glass artists breathe new life into nature’s most volatile medium in Fired Up: Glass Today, opening at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art on September 16. Of more than 150 works on view, approximately half were created exclusively for this exhibition or will make their public debut at the Wadsworth. Special live events including glass working demonstrations at an on-site hot shop feature artists who will bring the magic of glass to Hartford this fall. Fired Up will be on view through February 5, 2023.

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Wadsworth Athenaeum’s MATRIX series spotlights Nevine Mahmoud

Nevine Mahmoud, ‘Wax Lips seated,’ 2021. Polyester resin, plastic, plastic chair and steel hardware. Courtesy of the artist and M+B, Los Angeles. Photo credit: Ed Mumford
Nevine Mahmoud, ‘Wax Lips seated,’ 2021. Polyester resin, plastic, plastic chair and steel hardware. Courtesy of the artist and M+B, Los Angeles. Photo credit: Ed Mumford
Nevine Mahmoud, ‘Wax Lips seated,’ 2021. Polyester resin, plastic, plastic chair and steel hardware. Courtesy of the artist and M+B, Los Angeles. Photo credit: Ed Mumford

HARTFORD, Conn. — Glass, stone and resin compose sculptural works by Nevine Mahmoud that simultaneously evoke the human body, inanimate objects and organic forms. They are at once natural and manufactured; alive and disembodied; inviting and disturbing. The nine works in the exhibition are arranged across the gallery space by the artist, who is deeply engaged in exhibition design, to propel visual associations and conversations between the works. Nevine Mahmoud / MATRIX 188 is on view at the Wadsworth from February 3 to May 1.

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Wadsworth Atheneum explores Milton Avery’s Connecticut roots

Milton Avery, Rainbow Rocks, 1921. Oil and wax on board. 16 x 20 inches. The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc. © 2021 The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Milton Avery, Two Cows, 1932. Gouache on colored paper. 12 x 17 inches. The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc. © 2021 The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Milton Avery, Two Cows, 1932. Gouache on colored paper. 12 x 17 inches. The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc. © 2021 The Milton Avery Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

HARTFORD, Conn. – An intimate look at Milton Avery’s longstanding connections to Connecticut, Milton Avery: The Connecticut Years focuses on the artist’s earliest works from the 1910s and 1920s, revealing their significance to his artistic development. The exhibit opens at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art on May 14 and continues through October 17. Two dozen sketches, watercolors, and oils illustrate his early interest in depicting landscapes, demonstrating how Avery’s time in Connecticut sparked his passion for exploring a sense of place through his work, a trait that remained a constant throughout his career.

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