Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow at the Huntington

Catherine Hess; Christopher Bedford; Suzanne Hudson

ISBN 10: 087328254X / ISBN 13: 9780873282543

Published by The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2012

About this Item

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Published 2012. Paperback with French flaps, 60 pp.; 26 cm; illustrated with color and black-and-white plates. In Very Good condition. Pictorial paper covers with a full-bleed color photograph of the artists' shared studio workspace on the front and a black-and-white photograph of the east staircase of the Huntington mansion on the back. Light shelf wear with mild soiling to back cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow at the Huntington," at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, November 10, 2012 through March 11, 2013. The exhibition marked the first time contemporary art was installed in the historic Huntington mansion galleries. Vance's intimate oil-on-linen abstractions, rooted in the tradition of the still life, were paired with small-scale patinated bronze sculptures by Swallow. The essays examine the history of the Huntington collection, the formal and conceptual concerns of both artists, and their shared interest in craft, material, and the working process. Contents: Foreword / Steven Koblik; A Creative Act / Catherine Hess; The Surface of Circumstance / Suzanne Hudson; A Replacement of Its Former Self / Christopher Bedford; Plates; Acknowledgments.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow at the Huntington
• Publisher: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087328254X
• ISBN 13: 9780873282543
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 14 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art & Architecture

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Synopsis

The temporary installation of artwork by Ricky Swallow and Lesley Vance at the Huntington constitutes not only the first time the work of these two artists—husband and wife, sculptor and painter—has been displayed together, but also the first time contemporary art has been installed in the mansion of Henry E. and Arabella Huntington, a Beaux-Arts style structure built early in the 20th century that served as a backdrop to the Huntingtons’ evolving collection of British and French art of the 18th century. Given the relationship of Swallow and Vance’s work to art of the past, the resulting dialogue with the permanent collection will strike the visitor as both familiar and new.



Exhibition Dates: November 10, 2012, to March 11, 2013

Huntington Library, Art Galleries, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, November

About the Author

Catherine Hess is Chief Curator of European Art of the Huntington Art Collections. Christopher Bedford is Chief Curator of Exhibitions, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University. Suzanne Hudson is an Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Southern California.