- April 11, 2008 - August 16, 2008
- Therman Statom: Nascita
The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts is pleased to present Therman Statom's Nascita, an ambitious exhibition comprised of a multitude of site-specific glass and mixed-media sculptures. For over twenty-five years, Statom has revolutionized the glass medium, creating installations of an architectural scale that reward the viewer's imagination and sense of wonder.
Four elements dominate the visual terrain of Therman Statom's Nascita, or "Origin:" a 50-foot glass frieze, a freestanding glass room, a 30-foot mirror-scaled snake and multiple mirrorized architectural fixtures. Statom utilized commercial panes of glass, silicon, mirror and paint as his primary materials to create a stylized and expressive environment that sprawls throughout the gallery. His bold forms brim with symbols such as maps, vessels, foliage and snakes that are rooted in art history and personal references. The artist creates glass box "paintings" that house a myriad of painted images as well as eclectic objects suggesting an open-ended narrative filled with surprising juxtapositions. Although Statom precisely planned and prefabricated certain aspects of the exhibition, he also improvised throughout the installation process and will reconfigure the exhibition at multiple points during its run. Statom approaches the gallery space as a studio and laboratory and encourages viewers to join his process of discovery.
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