Econo-can by Edward and Nancy Kienholz at Hood Museum of Art, New Hampshire
22 August – 6 December 2015
The Hood Museum of Art presents a group exhibition featuring the collection of Trevor Fairbrother, an independent curator, and John T. Kirk, a scholar of early American decorative arts, who have donated important works in their collection to the museum. Titled Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk, the exhibition features historical works by a distinguished group of artists, including Ed and Nancy Kienholz’s Econo-can (1984).
Often a blatant critique of American civilization, Kienholz works, like Econo-can, point to the media, consumerism, cultural tragedies, wars and violence, and our relationships to them. Television sets, machines, and objects enabling the consumption and propagation of violence are recurring motifs that embody Kienholz’s social criticism towards the shadow side of American culture at the time.
Other artists include: Andy Warhol, Marsden Hartley, Glenn Ligon, Carl Andre, Mike Kelley, Robert Wilson, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Richard Artschwager, Tom Wesselmann, Joseph Beuys, Catherine Opie, Elizabeth Peyton, Sol LeWitt, John O'Reilly, John Singer Sargent, and many others.
The Hood Museum of Art
4 E Wheelock St,
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-1110
Visit the museum’s website for more details: http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/exhibitions/2015collectingandsharing/
SOURCE IMAGE: Ed and Nancy Kienholz ‘Econo-can’ (1984), mixed media assemblage. Courtesy of Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH.
