Opening Reception: GAME OF THRONES: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art Furniture Inspired by the 2018–19 UConn Reads Selection and COUNTERPROOF PRESS: Collaborations
Thursday, March 28, 2019
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Cash Bar & light hors d'oeuvres.
Open to the Public. FREE event, donations are highly appreciated.
Learn Swing Dancing from 5 - 5:30 with demonstrations and lessons by the UConn Swing and Blues Club
Remarks at 5:30
The reception will feature live music from the 7-piece Survivors Swing Band (5:30–7:00 pm)
RSVP 860.486.4520 or benton@uconn.edu
Exhibitions on view March 28 through July 21, 2019
Game of Thrones features “thrones “or examples of art chairs created by nine of the key artists and makers of contemporary art furniture: John Dunnigan, Jim Cole, Terence Main, Mitch Ryerson, Lothar Windels, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Dale Broholm, and Wendell Castle. Chairs are democratic in that everyone knows what chairs are, everyone sits in chairs daily, and everyone likely owns at least one chair. Therefore, it can be a challenge for some of our audience to accept a chair’s status as art. It is our goal to introduce our audience to the decorative arts as fine art and the concept that the chairs on view are a form of sculpture. Central to this exhibition is the idea that design aesthetics and function can be integrated into one object.
The balcony exhibition, Counterproof Press: Collaborations, samples the collaborative studio projects facilitated by Counterproof Press, a hub for printmaking, illustration, design, book arts, and creative writing at the University of Connecticut.
The reception takes place during the final hours of UConn’s university-wide Giving Day. We will be celebrating those who make gifts of any size to the Benton in support of our public and educational programs.
If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please leave a message at 860-486-4520 no later than five days before the event.
THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
University of Connecticut
School of Fine Arts
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