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This installation designed specifically for New Bedford, celebrates the city's rich whaling history by creating a walkway among more than a thousand clay harpoons laid out on the surface of the gallery floor. The piece was inspired by the toggle harpoon, a technological refinement important in the rise of New Bedford's whaling industry, invented in 1848 by African American, abolitionist, and local resident, Lewis Temple. Visitors are invited to experience the seemingly countless harpoon heads aiming at the gallery entrance by looking in through the doorway or by walking slowly among these ceramic handmade - and all slightly different (just like the original iron harpoon heads) - objects. The artist hopes visitors will have a very personal experience with the piece, one that is open to interpretation. "My installation conveys both the feeling of threat and admiration," Ilona Németh says. The exhibition is open through January 26, 2014 at University Art Gallery at the Star Store Campus of UMass Dartmouth. This unique project is the result of a collaborative effort between the artist and Gallery Director, Viera Levitt. A "harpoon studio" was created that engaged students and faculty from the College of Visual and Performing Arts and others in the production of this piece for over two months. The list of those who participated in the creation of this exhibition is part of the exhibition experience. Ilona Németh states: "After I was invited by Viera Levitt to exhibit at University Art Gallery, I started to study New Bedford and its history, since as a site specific art artist my work derives from a site's historical and cultural historical context, I found the moment when Lewis Temple invented the 'toggle harpoon' to be symbolically a crucial moment for the city, one that influenced its success and economic growth through the rise of the whaling industry. I was also impressed by the shape and handmade feel of this object in the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Since CVPA has a Ceramics Department, I was excited about the idea of involving its students and faculty in this project. I am very thankful to the gallery, the ceramics department, and all the volunteers who helped with the installation." Special thanks: Our "Harpoon Team" - Michelle Borges, Evan DeMarzo, Chelsea Fairweather, Dylan Girard, Brett Sylvia; our advisers and collaborators from the Ceramics Department: Rebecca Hutchinson, Jim Lawton and students Sara Allen, Meaghan Gates, Xi Nan, and Leslie Rice. Many thanks to the Sculpture Department for providing studio space and to the many contributing artisans who helped to make this installation a reality. This project has been realized with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.
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COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
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