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August 30, 2002|Volume 31, Number 1|Two-Week Issue



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Wooden artworks from collection
given to Yale gallery on view

Wooden objects from a collection recently given to the Yale University Art Gallery by sculptor and wood turner Robyn Horn and her husband, John, will be on view at the museum Sept. 10-Dec. 1.

The objects will be displayed in the McNeil Corridor, adjacent to the major exhibition "Wood Turning in North America Since 1930," in which Robyn Horn's own work is represented (see related story).

The Horns together collect contemporary wood, other crafts and sculpture. "When John and I started collecting," notes Robyn Horn, "we had no plan or goal, we just blundered in because we found the artwork exciting and couldn't help ourselves. As our collection grew we found ourselves strongly influenced by the artists and our friendship with them.

"While form and texture, shape, simplicity and movement are the primary features we look for," she adds, "knowing the artist helps us understand the work better."

The couple decided to donate some of their collected works to the University because of the commitment to the field of contemporary wood shown by the Yale Art Gallery in co-organizing the wood turning exhibition. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the exhibition's first venue, received a similarly generous gift.

Patricia E. Kane, curator of American decorative arts at the Yale Art Gallery, has chosen 37 wooden objects by 25 different artists for display. The works were created since the late 1970s in a wide range of materials, from native American woods to exotic tropicals, and in a variety of forms, from bowls and spoons to pedestal sculptures. All the works were, as Kane points out, "conceived as art objects as opposed to utilitarian objects and were fabricated for visual appreciation and in some cases tactile delight.

"From this wide-ranging and important collection," she continues, "the Art Gallery will be able to exhibit and teach the variety and inventiveness achieved by wood artists in the late 20th and early 21st centuries."


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