Jeffrey Lloyd Dever
Seeking Solace, 2011
Polymer, plastic-coated wire, and steel wire
Racine Art Museum, Polymer Art Acquisition and Care Fund Purchase
Photography: Gregory R. Staley
Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions
January 28 – June 24, 2018
at Racine Art Museum
Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions showcases artworks new to Racine Art Museum (RAM) since the donation of over 200 polymer pieces in 2011. These recent gifts have introduced new artists to the collection and expanded upon existing bodies of work by incorporating different types of objects or broadening the scope of years represented. Referencing the significance of the groundwork laid in earlier years, Polymer Art includes pieces that were part of the original gift that established RAM’s polymer collection, the largest of its kind in the world.
In 2011, the Racine Art Museum organized Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the Crossroads, an exhibition featuring works made of polymer, a workable plastic-based compound used to make modeling clays, such as Fimo® or Sculpey®. Primarily comprised of works that had been gifted to RAM, Terra Nova emphasized the development of polymer as an expressive medium in recent decades. In addition, RAM produced a book of the same name and hosted a symposium so that leading artists could come together to discuss the past, present, and future of the material.
While art jewelry comprises the biggest portion of the holdings in this material, there are also examples of sculpture, furniture with polymer veneers, and vessels. This exhibition also debuts a teapot by Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Seeking Solace, which is the first piece purchased with RAM’s Polymer Art Acquisition and Care Fund. This endowment was established to support the “care and feeding” of pieces already in the museum’s collection and acquire new polymer works.
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Artists in the Exhibition
Fran Abrams, Kathleen Amt, Shellie Brooks, Rachel Carren, Dan Cormier, Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Sienna DeGovia, Kathleen Dustin, Lori Feiss, Steven Ford, David Forlano, Gwen Gibson, Michael Grove, Ruth Anne Grove, Lindly Haunani, Tory Hughes, Donna Kato, Judy Kuskin, Maggie Maggio, Wendy Wallin Malinow, Sandra McCaw, Linda Pedersen, Barbara Sperling, Nan Roche, Sarah Shriver, Cynthia Toops, Pier Voulkos, Daniel Peters, Melanie West, Karin Noyes, Elise Winters
Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions
January 28 – June 24, 2018
at Racine Art Museum
Jeffrey Lloyd Dever
Seeking Solace, 2011
Polymer, plastic-coated wire, and steel wire
Racine Art Museum, Polymer Art Acquisition and Care Fund Purchase
Photography: Gregory R. Staley
Polymer Art: Recent Acquisitions showcases artworks new to Racine Art Museum (RAM) since the donation of over 200 polymer pieces in 2011. These recent gifts have introduced new artists to the collection and expanded upon existing bodies of work by incorporating different types of objects or broadening the scope of years represented. Referencing the significance of the groundwork laid in earlier years, Polymer Art includes pieces that were part of the original gift that established RAM’s polymer collection, the largest of its kind in the world.
In 2011, the Racine Art Museum organized Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the Crossroads, an exhibition featuring works made of polymer, a workable plastic-based compound used to make modeling clays, such as Fimo® or Sculpey®. Primarily comprised of works that had been gifted to RAM, Terra Nova emphasized the development of polymer as an expressive medium in recent decades. In addition, RAM produced a book of the same name and hosted a symposium so that leading artists could come together to discuss the past, present, and future of the material.
While art jewelry comprises the biggest portion of the holdings in this material, there are also examples of sculpture, furniture with polymer veneers, and vessels. This exhibition also debuts a teapot by Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Seeking Solace, which is the first piece purchased with RAM’s Polymer Art Acquisition and Care Fund. This endowment was established to support the “care and feeding” of pieces already in the museum’s collection and acquire new polymer works.
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Fran Abrams, Kathleen Amt, Shellie Brooks, Rachel Carren, Dan Cormier, Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Sienna DeGovia, Kathleen Dustin, Lori Feiss, Steven Ford, David Forlano, Gwen Gibson, Michael Grove, Ruth Anne Grove, Lindly Haunani, Tory Hughes, Donna Kato, Judy Kuskin, Maggie Maggio, Wendy Wallin Malinow, Sandra McCaw, Linda Pedersen, Barbara Sperling, Nan Roche, Sarah Shriver, Cynthia Toops, Pier Voulkos, Daniel Peters, Melanie West, Karin Noyes, Elise Winters
Sample of Work in the Exhibition
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Exhibitions at RAM are made possible by:
Platinum Partners
The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd
David Charak
Judith and David Flegel Fund
Ron and Judith Isaacs
The Estate of Marilyn Rothschild
Windgate Foundation
Diamond Partners
Ruffo Family Foundation
Ruth Arts Foundation
Diane Zebell
Gold Partners
Anonymous
Robert E. Kohler Jr. Fund
Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
Reliance Controls
Trio Foundation of St. Louis
W.T. Walker Group, Inc.
Silver Partners
Anonymous
Bader Philanthropies
Baird
Dave’s Wine Garage
Lucy G. Feller
Ben and Dawn Flegel
Sharon and Tom Harty
Paula Kalke
Horizon Retail Construction, Inc.
Johnson Financial Group
Dorothy MacVicar
Willard and Mary Walker
Bronze Partners
Sandy and Gus Antonneau
Carol Baylon
Rose and Peter Christensen
Educators Credit Union
Patricia and Richard Ehlert
Deborah Ganaway
Carol Griseto
Hitter’s Baseball
Bill and Debbie Keland
Susan Manalli
Norbell Foundation
O&H Danish Bakery
JoAnna Poehlmann
Rasmussen Diamonds
SC Johnson
Harold and Lois Solberg
Kathy Stranghellini
Twin Disc
Janna Waldeck
Barbara Waldman
Marc J. Wollman
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