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Tuesday • September 10, 1996
The Art of Relativity
MSC Visual Arts Gallery exhibit, Relatively Speaking: Mothers and Daughters
in Art, delves into the relational world between mother and daughter artists.
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n the walls of the MSC Visual Arts
(Gallery and Forsyth Center
Galleries hangs a diverse collec
tion of role-model inspired art.
Though the works vary in style and
meaning, a common theme unifies
them into a 37- piece exhibition:
pieces by mothers and their daughters
in an expression of an nontraditional
artistic relationship.
Relatively Speaking: Mothers and
Daughters in Art, presented by the
MSC Visual Arts Committee (VAC), is
on display at the Visual Arts Gallery
through Oct. 5.
Clyde Brown, VAC chair and a senior
environmental design major, said Long
Island exhibit curator Judith Swirsky
observed that art, as a craft, has histori
cally been a male tradition, and she
assembled Relatively Speaking to exam
ine the role model relationship between
mother and daughter artists.
Works by each mother and daugh
ter celebrate the artistic influence
passed between the two generations,
Brown said.
Charlotta Kotik, curator of contemporary art at the
Brooklyn Museum, said in an exhibit brochure that
the role model theme is a major emphasis of
Relatively Speaking.
“The various works in this exhibition together
demonstrate that within a supportive family environ
ment, artistic
talent may
thrive for
women as well
as men,” Kotik
said. “Whether
the mothers
and daughters
share an inter
est in a partic
ular medium
or subject
matter, or they
create work
that is com
pletely differ
ent in style or
content, a spe
cial bond of
friendship and
mutual respect is evident in the pieces exhibited here.”
Brown said Relatively Speaking produces a varied
representation of artists who are linked by the mother-
daughter relationship.
“Theme really is the relationship here,” he said,
“because visually, [the pieces] don’t belong in a set.”
Some works, like Sally Michael’s “Blanket Baby,” a
painting of a mother wrapping her infant in a blanket,
show the direct correlation between mother and
daughter. Others, like the three works by Florence Fish
and her two daughters, Janet and Alida Fish, illustrate
the diversity of the show, Brown said.
The mother’s sculpture, “Tern,” is a depiction of a
Tern bird; Janet’s “Mom” is a candid and colorful paint
ing of Florence, and “Alida” captures a snake watching a
butterfly in an untitled photograph.
Brown said the variety of media and subject matter
should appeal to most people.
“With a show like this, its easy for somebody to find
something they like,” he said.
The VAC will sponsor a panel discussion inspired
by Relatively Speaking on
the importance of women
role models in various pro
fessions. The panel will fea
ture Cindi Ericson, deputy
commander of the Corps of
Cadets, and three others.
“They’ll discuss what it
takes to get to their position
and if they had the role mod
els to get there,” Brown said.
Brown said VAC hopes
the Sept. 19 discussion will
help people take the "next
step,” and look for deeper
meaning behind the moth
er-daughter works in
Relatively Speaking.
Above: "Sweet
Dreams" by
Alison Saar
Below: “Word
Up” by Harriet
Shorr
Photos by
Dave House
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