Current Exhibition:
The Magic Broccoli Forest
The 宾州州立银行 Freyberger Gallery presents ‘The Magic Broccoli Forest,沉浸式, interactive solo exhibition by Melbourne-based artist, 罗莎·努斯鲍姆, that explores themes of friendship and depression. The exhibit runs Oct. 10–28, with an opening reception on Thursday, Oct. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Nussbaum and her friends used the "broccoli" emoji to represent depression when it was too hard to say the word. 在此期间, 努斯鲍姆表示,, she felt goal-oriented structures washing away, leaving behind kindness, 欢乐与关怀. In this exhibition, she focuses on magical portraits of the people who helped her in her wanderings through the "broccoli forest" of depression.
在画廊里, viewers will be immersed in a forest of inflatable silk broccoli and projected landscape on the walls, where they have an opportunity to step into a mystical landscape and interact with a cast of roaming magical creatures. These creatures are based on the artist’s friends and family. When viewers call these forest friends, they will hear pre-recorded stories from real people in Nussbaum’s life.
关于艺术家:
罗莎·努斯鲍姆 holds a bachelor of fine arts in print and time-based media from Wimbledon College of Arts, London and a master of fine arts in studio art from the University of Texas, 奥斯丁. She has held residencies at CERN Supercollider, Switzerland; Vermont Studio Center; Residency Unlimited, New York; RAIR Philly, Philadelphia; Paradise AiR, Japan; and Elsewhere Museum as an NEA Southern Constellation Fellow. She has exhibited at galleries, 博物馆, 和节日, such as Experimenta 15 in Cardiff, Wales; Glasgow International, Scotland; BabyCastles, New York City; Women & Their Work, 奥斯丁, Texas; and ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany.
最近, she was the 2021/22 printmaker-in-residence at Lawrence Art Center, where she produced this solo exhibition. This exhibition was curated by Kevin Brophy for 宾州州立银行 thanks to support of the Dr. 露丝米. Freyberger Endowment for the Arts. The original presentation of this exhibition was made possible through the support of the Windgate Foundation at Lawrence Art Center, 堪萨斯.