In his recent review of Saya Woolfalk: Empathic Universe for Hyperallergic, Hrag Vartanian writes, “The artist has freely uncorked her spirit, filling two floors with her art for her first-ever museum retrospective. It is a brash, immersive universe that reflects on what she has called “hyperreal” work, using a term coined by sociologist Jean Baudrillard to explain the conceptual fusion of the real and imaginary. As Woolfalk has explained in the past, “the things that I’m making are more real than reality — they’re almost hyperreal.” Here, her uncorking of this hybridized energy is infectious; it permeates everything we see, while prodding us to question what we imagine the future might look like. The artistic jubilance is palpable.” Tap the link below to read the full review, and be sure to reserve your ticket to see the exhibition before it closes on September 7th. https://madmuseum.org/exhibition/saya-woolfalk-empathic-universe ____________ #SayaWoolfalk Chimera (from The Empathics series), 2013 #SayaWoolfalkMAD (fb)

Don't miss this Thursday's conversation celebrating the publication of Viola Frey: Artist’s Mind/Studio/World! Co-hosted by The Artist's Legacy Foundation and moderated by the book’s co-editor and manager of the Viola Frey Archives, Cynthia de Bos. De Bos will discuss Frey's life, work, and influences with ceramicist Heidi Lau, Dan Nadel, the Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings and Prints for the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Jodi Throckmorton, chief curator at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. A Questioning Woman: The Legacy of Viola Frey Thursday, July 24th, at 6:00 p.m at MAD Tap the link below for tickets: https://madmuseum.org/events/questioning-woman-legacy-viola-frey __________________________ Viola Frey Gradomother with Vase, 1980 Ceramic and glaze Viola Frey with Prone Man, 1987 Photo credit: M. Lee Fatherree (fb)