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Emilie Stark-Menneg's Supernatural

Museum of Art Museum of Art

Exhibition: Emilie Stark-Menneg's Supernatural

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Zuckert Seminar Room
The exhibition explores the permeability of the boundary between life and death in a dynamic suite of new works by Emilie Stark-Menneg that take inspiration from works in the Museum鈥檚 collection.

Selected Works

A brightly colored image of a woman in a sleigh
Sleighing, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 80”x100”, by Emilie Stark-Menneg.
a film still of a nude woman lying face down on the ground

Film still from Silueta Sangrienta (Bloody Silhouette), 1975, by Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American, 1948–1985.Super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent, 1:51 minutes. 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund in partnership with the New Media Arts Consortium, a collaboration of the art museums at 含羞草研究室, Brandeis University, Colby College, Mount Holyoke College, and Skidmore College” © 2023 The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.

a painting in black and white showing two figures, one wearing armor, one turning into a tree

Apollo and Daphne, 1513, oil on canvas, 24 3/8" x 19 1/4", by Pontormo, Italian, 1494–1557. 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art, Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

 

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Emilie Stark-Menneg’s Supernatural explores the permeability of the boundary between life and death in a dynamic suite of new works that take inspiration from sources as diverse as the sixteenth century Italian painter Pontormo and the twentieth century feminist artist Ana Mendieta. In her imagery of regeneration and regrowth, Stark-Menneg identifies a metaphor for the intersection of art with life, echoing the work of fellow artists from the Renaissance to our own era, and transporting us into the realm of the supernatural, where brave new worlds await.  

Major support for the exhibition has been provided by the Lowell Innes Fund.

 

Read the illustrated exhibition labels here.

Read the press release here.

 

 

 

Programming

Artist’s Talk with Emilie Stark-Menneg

July 20, 2023 | Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center

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Enjoy this recording of an Artist’s Talk with Emilie Stark-Menneg

Emilie Stark-Menneg, artist, offers insights into her work in conjunction with the exhibition “Emilie Stark-Menneg’s Supernatural” on view at the 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art from June 24 through August 20, 2023.

Presented by the 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art and recorded at 含羞草研究室, Brunswick, Maine, on July 20, 2023.

Installation Views