New Exhibitions Open Sunday @ the Hunterdon Art Museum

 

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Artist talks with Q&A will take place in the galleries.      Rina Banerjee: Blemish, In Deep Pink Everyplace Begins May 15 - Sept. 4, 2022     Drawing on her multinational background and personal history as an immigrant, Rina Banerjee’s work focuses on ethnicity, race, migration, and American Diasporic histories. The artist’s sculptures feature a wide range of globally sourced materials, textiles, colonial/historical and domestic objects while her drawings are inspired by Indian miniature and Chinese silk paintings, and Aztec drawings. Rina Banerjee is an Indian American artist and sculptor. She was born in Kolkata, India, and lived briefly in Manchester and London before arriving in Queens, N.Y. Although Banerjee has been living in the United States for over 50 years, she still draws the perception that she is foreign and other. Countless audiences have been introduced to her vibrant, cacophonous paintings, drawings, and installations with exhibitions in France, Japan, Singapore, Norway, Italy, India, and New Zealand, to mention a few. Featured Image: Rina Banerjee, Upon first Myth and empirical observation the hero, her angel leaps in cry, opens the moon to urge on a rain that may cleanse all the sweat of her jealous man, 2013, acrylic, ink, and gold leaf on panel, 20” x 16.25“. Courtesy of the artist.   Maxwell Mustardo: Dish-Oriented May 15 - Sept. 4, 2022     With an unconventional approach to ceramics and leaving traditional glazes and forms to others, Maxwell Mustardo’s work is truly his own. Glorious colors, bubbled glazes, and anthropomorphic forms create a dazzling array of work. According to Mustardo, he approaches making as a vital opportunity to examine perception and signification, and his work engages with ceramics as a polyphonic medium: one that speaks in multiple voices simultaneously. Maxwell Mustardo was born in 1993 in rural New Jersey. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Science in Art History and Theory from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2017. During his time at Alfred, Max earned multiple awards including an ARGUS grant for materials research, a Levine Endowment grant to study in Japan, and a nomination for the Thayer Fellowship in the Arts/Patricia Kerr Ross Award as the SUNY finalist in the visual arts category. He is currently working as a resident artist at the studio of Toshiko Takaezu in Quakertown, New Jersey. Featured Image: Maxwell Mustardo, Anthropophora, 2021, Stoneware and plastic. Courtesy of the artist.   Become a Member of Hunterdon Art Museum There are tons of exclusive benefits that come with becoming a member of HAM! Get discounts on classes, workshops, and summer camps, unlimited admission to exhibitions, the opportunity to submit work to our annual juried Members Exhibition, guest passes, and FREE admission to more than 1100 art museums nationwide through North American Reciprocal Museums.   LEARN MORE   Show Your Support  Hunterdon Art Museum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and your tax-deductible support is important to us. It ensures that the Museum continues being a vibrant part of our community. Your contributions help us maintain our beautiful historic building, which is on the National and State Historic Registers, assist us in creating exhibitions that share contemporary art from around the world, and make it possible for us to develop programs that teach skills and foster creativity.   DONATE NOW   Programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund; Hunterdon County Board of County Commissioners, through funds administered by the Cultural & Heritage Commission; Hyde and Watson Foundation; Investors Foundation; The Large Foundation; Holt Charitable Foundation; and Coby Foundation, along with other corporations, foundations, and individuals. The Hunterdon Art Museum is a wheelchair accessible space. Publications are available in large print. Patrons who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired may contact the Museum through the New Jersey Relay Service at (TTY) 1 (800) 852-7899.     Copyright © 2022 Hunterdon Art Museum, All rights reserved. Hunterdon Art Museum 7 Lower Center Street Clinton, NJ 08809