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For further information:
18 May 2011
Polly Morris, (414) 446-8794
pmorris@lyndensculpturegarden.org
lyndensculpturegarden.org/press
INSIDE/OUTSIDE: AMY CROPPER & STUART MORRIS
Inverse Opens June 12
The Lynden Sculpture Garden opens Inside/Outside: Amy Cropper & Stuart Morris on Sunday,
June 12, 2011 with a reception from 3-5 pm. Amy Cropper and Stuart Morris share an interest in
the relationship between art and culture and in work that removes distinctions between art and
life. Inverse, their collaboration at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, marks their first opportunity to
explore these ideas together. The exhibition, the fifth in the Inside/Outside series, remains on view
through August 10, 2011.
Cropper and Morris will return to Lynden on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 5:30 pm for an Artistled Tour and Picnic.
The Lynden Sculpture Garden is located at 2145 West Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI 53217.
Admission to the reception is free. The Artist-led Tour and Picnic is free with admission to the
sculpture garden.
Inside/Outside: Amy Cropper & Stuart Morris
Inverse
Amy Cropper and Stuart Morris create sculptures designed to engage viewers in a dialogue with the
piece and its environment. They often work with natural materials and processes, and have also
explored the tension between natural and manmade materials in their solo work. Inverse asks
viewers to re-examine the boundaries we erect between art and nature by altering and
recontextualizing the natural objects that coexist with the sculptures at Lynden. They call attention
to the beauty and sculptural significance of the natural objects, of trees and rocks, by modifying
them —using color, for example—or moving them to bring them into conversation with the
sculptures. The artists will also deploy the transformative power of the gallery space to re-cast
natural objects as works of art: placed in the pristine gallery, the sculptural qualities of these
unaltered forms will be heightened. Ultimately, Cropper and Morris make the familiar unfamiliar,
inviting us to think differently about what we see.
Amy Cropper is an associate professor of art at Carroll University where she teaches sculpture,
drawing, and the senior capstone. Cropper received her MFA from the University of Iowa in
Intermedia Arts in 1993. She did her undergraduate work at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA,
graduating with a degree in art and English in 1985. Cropper shows her work regionally and
nationally and has recently completed two commissions.
Stuart Morris makes public artwork about places. His ideas develop by working with the people
that know these places well. He has used this approach to create public art projects in the United
States and Europe. Stuart received an MFA from the University of Iowa while on a fellowship, and
currently teaches art and design at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point.
By choosing Inside/Outside as an inaugural theme, the Lynden Sculpture Garden hopes to initiate a
dialogue between the new indoor gallery and the environment--both sculpture and nature--beyond
its walls; to explore Lynden’s transition from a private, domestic space to a public space; and to
define Lynden’s new position within the local and regional art community. The Inside/Outside
exhibitions alternate with exhibitions drawn from the Bradley Family Foundation’s collection of
small sculptures, paintings and works on paper.
More on the exhibition at: http://lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/upcoming
The Lynden Sculpture Garden offers a unique experience of art in nature through its collection of
more than 50 monumental sculptures sited across 40 acres of park, lake and woodland. The
sculpture garden is open to art and nature lovers of all ages on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays
from 10 am to 5 pm; on Wednesdays from 10 am to 7:30 pm; and on Saturdays and Sundays from
12 noon to 5 pm. Closed Thursdays. These hours begin May 30, 2011. Admission to the sculpture
garden is $9 for adults and $7 for students, seniors and active military; children under 6 and
members are free. Annual memberships are also available.
Images available at http://lyndensculpturegarden.org/press.
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