About this Event
HANDS ON HANDS:
The American Artists’ Hand Archive
With Archive Founder Vanessa Hoheb, Artistic Director Thomas Donahue and Photographer Mark Lacko.
Tuesday, September 29th at 6:00 P.M.
An In-Person and Online Program
The American Artists' Hand Archive presents a "Hands on Hands" event. Thirty-eight bronze life castings of artists' hands, among them being Eric Fischl, Mary Frank, April Gornik, Maya Lin and John Waters, whose hands will be available to hold, examine and relate to.
The evening will be introduced by the archive founder Vanessa Hoheb, its artistic director Thomas Donahue and its photographer Mark Lacko.
The presentation will cover the archive's mission, the casting process and work inspired by the collection. The online audience will have the opportunity, along with the in- person participants, to view images and videos showing the process, the roster of artists, and remarkable detail photographs. In person and online participants are encouraged and welcomed to ask questions and share responses.
Thie evening's event will also mark the launch of the archives' new website.
The American Artists' Hand Archive was founded to acknowledge the careers of artists whose work has significantly enriched our lives and influenced our culture. The Archive records the insights of its participants during the process of molding sessions that capture, in great detail, the hands of the artist. One-on-one discussions explore the artist's relationship to their hands. Regardless of choice of medium, there exists an undeniable reality that while the hand affects the material ---the material, in turn, affects the hand.
The diversity of the Archive crosses boundaries of age, ethnicity and gender. The unique nature of each bronze is expressed through gesture and patina influenced by the participating artist. Bronze life castings of powerful, capable hands show the effects of injury, physical challenge and age, bearing witness to years of dedication to their chosen craft.
The resulting ever-growing collection of bronzes provides the viewer with an intimate opportunity to find identification and commonality. When personality and celebrity are set aside, the common denominator of simple humanity is striking and impactful.
The ongoing mission of The American Artists' Hand Archive is to record the insights as well as the three-dimensional realities of the artist's primary agent of expression, the human hand.
General Admission: $15;
General Society Members, and Senior Citizens: $10;
Students: $5
Advance registration required.
The General Society Library, 20 West 44th Street, New York City,
www. generalsociety.org
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The General Society Library, 20 WEST 44th Street (BETWEEN 5th AND 6th AVENUES), New York City, New York, United States
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