On the expansive 140 hectare site of the Clark Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, six contemporary artists were invited to create local -specific works that deal with the meadows, paths and forests of the property and at the same time highlight their individual practices.
Sculptures from Yō Akiyama, Laura Ellen Bacon, Aboubakar Fofana, Hugh Hayden, Milena Naef and Javier Senosiain Dot A variety of sites, from well -kept parking land to open fields to Grove of trees.
Bacon, whose essential sculptures made of formable branches seem to move, has installed the five feet “my thoughts” in a forested area nine times. The piece made from Ohio seems to bend like a lively, growing shape.
Hayden has built a survival -sized chest, which is unknown, which were made by dozens of branches from the region that browse through all directions. Partial disguised in the middle of the trees invites us to take into account the work of the topics of ecological susceptibility, extinction and the climate crisis. After the exhibition, the piece may decompose and reflect the way in which animal residues finally disappear back into the ground.
Fofana's installation of two botanical forms entitled “Bana Yiriw Ni Shi Folow (trees and seeds of life)” is the artist's first public work of art. It is based on his spiritual faith in the divinity of nature, which is colored in a curling metal frame with indigo, which represented seeds.
Further works are Senosiaine's lively sea creature that are installed in a pond together with Akiyama's conical monolith, which is reminiscent of burned wood and Naef's marble slabs that merge with the negative rooms of a fallen tree.
The exhibition, curated by the independent scholar Glenn Adamson, offers the opportunity to experience contemporary art in a natural environment. Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute, says:
The Clark campus becomes a kind of accomplice to help us see and appreciate the special vision of every artist and the connection between art and nature. With this edition of basisOur guest curator … has deliberately blurred the border that traditionally separates the consideration of art and crafts and asks us to appreciate the art that is inherent in all forms of craft.
Floor/work 2025 Continued until October 2026 with free access day and night, around the clock, on the Clark's campus. Plan your visit to the museum's website.
