Mayumi Amada
Flower Field, 2008
Plastic bottles, acrylic tubing, blue LED lights, wire, steel rods, washers
Dimensions variable

"Kuon" by Mayumi Amada and "The Voided" by Eun-Kyung Suh

Friday, July 16, 2010—Sunday, September 26, 2010
Minnesota Artists Exhibition Gallery
Free Exhibition

The fine and tenacious threads that represent generational and societal memory are the foundation for the work of these two Minnesota artists.

Mayumi Amada's exhibition "Kuon: Eternal Flow of Time" focuses on domestic female roles. Using lacework as a basis for an exploration of Kuon (the Japanese word for the Buddhist concept of time), she creates elaborate patterns out of single strands representing the patterns of life. Amada's delicate forms emerge from garbage bags and water bottles often inscribed with messages such as "Everybody Dies" in crisp sampler-style lettering. Her meditations on mortality, ancestry and craft ponder, often humorously, the mundane in life's daily chores and materials.

Bojagi, a traditional Korean art form, inspires Eun-Kyung Suh's work. Bojagi are cloths wrapped around objects for protection and transport. Made from small scraps of material, Bojagi are often decorated to form beautiful patch-worked wrappers. Suh uses this technique to protect memories and experiences. Her installations comprise many pieces containing small bits of information in sheer cloth. Often the packages are silk-screened with images and text, offering clues to their contents. Others, such as "Purple on Thursday," hold wishes in gauzy chiffon fortune cookies.

The Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program (MAEP) is made possible by a generous grant from the Jerome Foundation.

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Flourish: Jennifer Davis, Erika Olson Gross, Terrence Payne, and Joe Sinness

Friday, October 22, 2010—Sunday, January 2, 2011
Minnesota Artists Exhibition Gallery
Free Exhibition

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Peter Happel Christian and Margaret Wall-Romana

Thursday, January 20, 2011—Sunday, April 3, 2011
Minnesota Artists Exhibition Gallery
Free Exhibition

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Paula McCartney and Liz Miller

Friday, April 22, 2011—Sunday, July 3, 2011
Minnesota Artists Exhibition Gallery
Free Exhibition

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Special Event: MAEP Gallery Event for Eun-Kyung Suh's "The Voided" and Mayumi Amada's "Kuon: The Eternal Flow of Time"

MAEP Galleries

Dialogue led by Frenchy Lunning and Rich Lee in the galleries, plus Third Thursday events. Free; refreshments for sale.

MAEP Opening Reception for Peter Happel Christian and Margaret Wall-Romana

Minnesota Artists Exhibition Gallery

Meet the artists, preview the exhibition, and enjoy Third Thursday.

Friends Lecture

Pillsbury Auditorium

Lecturer: Diane Katsiaficas

Free

MAEP Opening Reception for Paula McCartney and Liz Miller

Minnesota Artists Exhibition Gallery

Meet the artists, preview the exhibition, and enjoy Third Thursday.

• Update on the status of the Advisory Panel, the committee formed to facilitate negotiations between the MIA and the Minnesota artist community.

The Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) is a curatorial department of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) dedicated to exhibiting and supporting artists living and working in the state of Minnesota. Begun in 1975 as a creative partnership with the MIA, the MAEP was founded by a group of regional artists interested in creating an innovative exhibition and programming space. What began as a year-long agreement has been extended into an ongoing relationship between the Minnesota artist community and the MIA.

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Exhibition review is ongoing. Artists may submit proposals at any time. Click more to learn about the submission process.

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MAEP panelists have a very important position in the Minnesota arts community by playing a direct role in the selection of MAEP exhibitions at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Composed of seven members elected to two-year terms, the panel is entrusted with the responsibility of surveying the creative diversity of Minnesota artists and selecting those whose work shows exceptional promise and quality.

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