20 Things to Know Before Checking Out Land Ho!
Seeing Land Ho! is still enjoyable – and educational – with no prior knowledge of art history or the exhibit, but why go in a novice when you can be a connoisseur?
1. Trompe l’oeil – The technique that Warner Friedman employs to trick the eye to make the viewer think they are seeing things.
2. Fragmented perspective – Michele Lauriat’s way of describing the different parts of a whole juxtaposed together to make a new concept.
3. Bubble sculpture – This is the covering over Sally Curcio’s designs that creates a snow-globe like effect.
4. Edward Hopper – He is a famous realist painter from the first part of the twentieth century. Art critics will flock to see his paintings.
5. Virtual tour – Take a sneak peek at this exhibit before you come visit FAM, so you know what you want to look at first.
6. Mixed media – One of Leila Daw’s artworks has beads fastened to the canvas. The impeccable attention to detail adds to the effect.
7. Unconventional materials – Sally Curcio uses false eyelashes, tennis balls, plastic, and more in her funky installations.
8. Benjamin Moore Bold Blue – The surprisingly neutral color that pulls together the collection without looking garish or passé.
9. Museum Accessibility – The sightlines of this exhibition allow museum-goers who enter through the elevator to have a first class viewing experience on par with those who took the stairs.
10. Salon Hang – This is a style of exhibiting several works in one area and in the FAM salon, the effect is anything but clustered. The canvases work together in unison, warming up the room.
11. Comparison Exhibit – The new works from the exhibit are paired with purchased works from the past to illustrate different approaches to the same subject, color palette, or other commonality.
12. Cartography – Leila Daw explores map-making in her avant-garde approach to installations and other works.
13. Eerie – the word Boston Globe art critic, Cate McQuaid used to describe Sue McNally’s Maroon Bells
14. Cow Pond Massachusetts – Sue McNally’s painting of a body of water in Swansea. This canvas is part of a collection of one painting per state.
15. Digital imagery – Part of Sandy Litchfield’s multi-faceted process, listen to more from this artist under the videos tab.
16. Aerial Landscape – Carrie Crane implements three layers of Lexan to get the effect of looking down from a higher altitude.
17. Hudson River Valley School – William Anderson Chapman, one of the artists in the museum-owned collection attended this prestigious school.
18. Flow – The color schemes of each work blend into the surrounding works, so the viewer’s eyes transition seamlessly through each room
19. Berkshires – The Berkshires are the part of Massachusetts where Carrie Crane originates. It is worth noting that most of the artists are from New England and their style has a certain local flare to it.
20. Mary Tinti and Emily Mazzola – The curator and Koch curatorial fellow at the museum working together on this exhibit
