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by Rowan Johnson
SOU Class of 2025, Creative Writing

Hello!

We at the Schneider Museum of Art want to thank you for the support you’ve shown our summer exhibition PACING. This Saturday (8/10) will be the last chance to see the show before we close to prepare for our fall exhibition Disguise the Limit, a collection of poet/author/critic John Yau’s work and collaborations over the last five decades. The show will open on October 17th, with the opening reception from 5 to 7 pm, and will remain on view through December 14. More information on John Yau and his work can be found in the last article of this newsletter. Stay tuned for more updates, and we hope you have a wonderful rest of your summer!

-Rowan

Claude Lalanne, Pomme de New York, 2006, bronze. Courtesy of private collection

Claude Lalanne

French artist Claude Lalanne was most known for her metal work. She was one half of the collaborative duo “Les Lalanne” with her husband Francois-Xavier Lalanne. While the two became known for their large and surrealist animal sculptures, Claude Lalanne’s personal work was more naturalistic. Her work focused more on decorative flora and fauna themed sculptures that were highly decorative and art nouveau inspired. She caught the attention of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent with her whimsical and playful style. Claude Lalanne became the only artist Laurent ever collaborated with, creating a series of eighteen copper framed mirrors for the designer as well as body casts for evening gowns that debuted in 1969. Her piece Pomme de New York, a large bronze apple, can be found in the courtyard of the Schneider Museum of Art between the two art buildings. Pomme de New York will stay up when the summer exhibition closes, but be sure to catch it before it’s too late. Curious about Lalanne’s other work? Explore her collection with the link below!

https://www.artnet.com/artists/claude-lalanne/

Salman Toor, Rooftop Party with Ghosts 2 (Triptych), 2015, oil on canvas. Courtesy of private collection

Salman Toor

While Salman Toor’s work is aesthetically similar to that of Romantic and Baroque traditions, his exploration of gender roles, racial identity, and Queerness adds a new perspective to the genre. Toor was born in Pakistan and moved to the United States to pursue an art education. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Ohio Wesleyan University and a Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute. Now living and working out of New York, Toor’s art explores life on the outskirts in a detached but deeply personal way. His piece Rooftop Party with Ghosts (Triptych) can be found in the Schneider Museum of Art’s Main Gallery. Visit the link below for more information on Salman Toor, and visit the museum by August 10th to see his work.

https://nyaa.edu/salman-toor/

Pictured: John Yau

John Yau

John Yau is no stranger to the Schneider Museum of Art. He was the writer of our fall 2022 essay for exhibition The Golden Hour by artist Mel Prest, and we are excited to work with him again in a more personal way. Yau is a poet, author, art critic, and the founder of Black Square Editions press, a literary press that publishes fiction, poetry, novellas, essays, and translations. He’s currently an editor for the online magazine Hyperallergic and teaches art history and criticism at Mason Gross School of the Arts. His poetry plays with linguistics, sound, and repetition to create a playful atmosphere in an experimental medium. He is known to interact with other pieces of media in his poetry. His work with art criticism helps in the creation of ekphrastic poems, or poems that interact with visual arts like paintings and sculptures. Exploring the bounds of language is something Yau does best. Disguise the Limit is a collection of Yau’s personal work and collaborations with various artists over the years, with the central theme being language as an art form. Learn more about John Yau and his work with Hyperallergic with the link below, and be on the lookout for more information about Disguise the Limit.

https://hyperallergic.com/author/john-yau/

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