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| Rebecca Rutstein, Progenitor I, 2018. Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 108 inches. |
Starting
November 1, visitors to the Georgia Museum of Art can experience the work of
Rebecca Rutstein in a new exhibition titled “Out of the Darkness: Light in the
Depths of the Sea of Cortez.” Comprised of two types of installations,
sculptural and painting, Rutstein’s show is connected to her upcoming
expedition at sea to Mexico’s Guaymas Basin Spreading Center to study thermal
vents with Mandy Joye, a University of Georgia professor in the department of
marine sciences. Rutstein has described her work as connecting her many
interests, saying, “Working with sonar maps and other oceanic data in
collaboration with scientists, much of my recent work and upcoming projects
focus on shedding light on a world hidden from view. These visual experiences
are meant to deepen one’s connection to these unseen places in the spirit of
fostering understanding, empathy and conservancy of our oceans in the face of
climate change.”
The
sculptural installation, on view November 1, 2018 through October 27, 2019,
spans 11 x 64 feet, and is comprised of 11 powder coated carbon steel elements
and an LED interactive lighting program. The molecular forms within the
sculpture are related to the structure of hydrocarbon, which Rutstein and
others are studying in the Guaymas Basin. The LED interactive lighting
component represents the two forms of bioluminescence present at Guaymas.
The
second half of her exhibition, comprised of paintings, will include four tiled
canvases, stretching to approximately 22 x 9 feet across the north wall in the
main lobby of the museum. Each canvas is unique, but they are related to the
other works through, among other things, line, color, layering and pattern.
This portion of the exhibition will be on view November 1, 2018 through March
31, 2019.
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Taylor Lear
Department of Communications
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