Sherrie Wolf, Self Portrait with My Museum, 2014, oil on linen
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Sherrie Wolf
Born in 1952, Sherrie Wolf uses her work to make commentary about art history, feminism, and the gap that exists between the two. Wolf uses an oil over an acrylic ground to create vibrant, dynamic depictions of everyday objects. Her work is full of historical art references, domesticity, and centering traditionally “feminine” spheres in classical art forms. Something unique to Wolf’s still lifes is that her art doesn’t feel purely imitative or pictorial.
From the bold colors to movement that pushes at the edges of realism, Wolf’s work is full of energy. From June 6th until August 5th, Sherrie Wolf’s work will be on display at the Schneider Museum of Art as the main star of the summer exhibition To InStill Life. Join us to experience the layered histories of Wolf’s work, and learn more about her as an artist with the link below.
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Sherrie Wolf, Peonies after Ruisdael, 2004, oil on canvas
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Still Life History
From cave paintings to photography, humans have been interested in documenting the world around them. While still life works from male artists created between the Middle Ages to the early Modern Age are regarded as “high art” today, still lifes historically were seen as a lowbrow art. This made it one of the only art forms accessible to women for much of art history and as such, excludes the works created by women from much of the artistic canon.
Artist Sherrie Wolf rewrites this narrative by inserting herself into the canon with her work in referential ways. Learn more about the history of still life art with the link below, and join us June 6th at the Schneider Museum of Art for the opening of Wolf’s exhibition To InStill Life.
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/still-life-history
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Sherrie Wolf, Cascade, 2016, oil on canvas
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“Meta” Art
The prefix “meta” refers to anything self-referential or self-conscious. It is usually used as a mode of parody, making comments about the postmodern world we live in. Essentially, when art becomes “a statement of itself”, it has become meta art. The form can also reference other art, literature, or other cultural phenomenons to make this statement, and can be made from any media the artist wishes.
Meta art asks the age old question “what is art?” while also addressing things like politics, society, and cultural norms. Learn more about meta art with the link below, and see if you can catch all the references in Sherrie Wolf's exhibition To InStill Life at the Scheider Museum of Art on view now.
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/meta-art-metamodernism
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