Windows Tweed 2015-17 — Sharon Louden

Windows
2015-17

Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

Dimensions: 42’(L) x 42’(W) x 25’(H), installation spanning 1,000 square feet; balcony overlooking installation.

125 highly reflective (raw) aluminum sheets (24 x 96"), 100 highly reflective (raw) aluminum sheets (24 x 75"), and 75 colored aluminum strips, ranging in size from 2 1/2" x 13" to 4 x 24". Monofilament, steel screws, glue.

Windows is a site-specific, multi-disciplinary installation whose origin can be traced back to an Untitled drawing from 1995. This "drawing in space" at the Tweed Museum of Art uses highly reflective and colored aluminum in dialogue with the symmetrical architecture of the Sax Gallery. Creating an environment of movement and gesture, "Windows" implies infinite space and expansion.

Washington D.C.-based contemporary classical composer, Andrew Simpson, was commissioned to write a musical response to the installation. Entitled, "on windows," the composition was performed by a 10-piece ensemble of UMD music students the night of the opening. A recording has been played hourly during the exhibition.

Photography by Christopher Gallo

video:

Watch on Vimeo: Windows at the Tweed Museum of Art
First musical performance: on windows (balcony view)
Second musical performance: on windows (gallery view)

Catalogue:

Bloom, Ken, Director; Laster, Paul; Mullin, Diane, "Sharon Louden: Windows" (PDF), Tweed Museum of Art, October 2015 - January 2017

press:

King, Elaine, "Reflecting on Space: A Conversation with Sharon Louden" (PDF), Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 4, May 2018
"Itinerary" (PDF), Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 4, May 2016
Butler, Sharon, "Sharon Louden, Animated Life" Two Coats of Paint, October 29, 2015 (PDF)
Melton, Lori, "A New Panorama" (PDF), The Statesmen, October 2015

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Windows
2015-17