Press Release
Contact: Cynde Randall, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, 612-870-3125
August 25, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Two Minnesota artists consider the changing agricultural landscape--on the land, in the museum, and on the World Wide Web
An Acre of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
September 29ÐNovember 19, 2000
MINNEAPOLISÑAn Acre of Art, a new three-part exhibition of works by Minnesota artists Mark Knierim and Robert Lawrence, opens September 29 at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Sponsored by the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, the exhibition will be on view until November 19, 2000. It will open with a free public reception on Thursday, September 28 from 7Ð9 p.m.
An Acre of Art considers the agricultural landscape, revealing the artistsÕ histories with the land. Their project will feature an exhibition of mixed-media sculpture at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, including a chicken coop housing KnierimÕs pet chickens, Scout and Mabel; a web site (www.h-e-r-e.com/AcreOfArt.html) with a "chicken-cam" that lets on-line visitors check in on the chickens; and one acre of land near Monticello, Minnesota where the artists have planted corn and created poetic, sculptural space around it.
Related Events
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 28, 7Ð9 p.m.
The Minnesota Artists Gallery at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Gallery talk by the artists
Sunday, October 8 at 3 p.m.
The Minnesota Artists Gallery at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts..
"Open Land"
The Acre of Art site near Monticello, Minnesota will be open to the public Saturdays, September 30, October 7, October 21, November 4 and November 21, 1Ð4 p.m. Directions are available on the Acre of Art web site www.h-e-r-e.com/AcreOfArt.html). The artists will be present
All events related to An Acre of Art exhibition are free and open to the public.
An Acre of Art is presented by the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP), an artist-run curatorial department of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The MAEP is made possible by generous support from the Jerome Foundation.