AN EXHIBITION AND INSTALLATION OF WORKS FROM THE SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING & SCULPTURE

With contributions from artists at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York-based artist Baris Gokturk (A '16) has curated an exhibition and installation of over thirty works within the existing displays of Skowhegan’s Hilltop Antiques. In operation since 1968, Hilltop Antiques houses over 30 rooms of antiques and specialty items including posters, furniture, glassware, paintings and oddities, like a 1950s X-ray machine and a submarine periscope.

Mixed in with these items are small works of painting, sculpture, video, and ceramic by the participants, faculty and staff of the 2016 class of Skowhegan. The installation encompasses a wide array of practices and concerns related to each artist’s own body of work, their time at Skowhegan and, in certain instances, the antique store itself: an unconventional exhibition space from a parallel universe.

Initially motivated by the “FOR RENT” sign at Hilltop, Gokturk began to see connections and disconnections between the manufactured objects within the store and objects produced by artists that also become subject to commerce. The store’s proprietor, Greg Salisbury, was open to interspersing items already for sale at his shop with work made at the art school, merging the parallel universes of exhibition and commercial space.

Skowhegan is an intensive nine-week summer residency program for emerging visual artists established in 1946, which seeks each year to bring together a diverse group of individuals with a demonstrated commitment to artmaking and inquiry for a concentrated period of artistic creation, interaction and growth. Located on a historic 350-acre farm in Madison, Maine, the campus serves as a critical component of the program and serves as a backdrop for the most stimulating and rigorous environment possible. 2016 marks the school’s 70th Anniversary.

For more information, please contact Sarah Workneh, 207.474.9345

Participating Artists

Eddie Aparicio (A '16)
Svetlana Bailey (A '16)
Daniel Bozhkov (A '90, F '11)
Linsdey Burke (A '16)
Chris Carroll (A '08)
Marcos Castro (A '16)
Aschley Cone (A '16)
Mel Cook (A '16)
Oscar Cornejo (A '14)
Craig Drennen (A '06)
Corey Escoto (A '16)
Winslow Funaki (A '16)
Ian Gerson (A '16)
Sean Glover (A '03)
Baris Gokturk (A '16)
Josh Graupera (A '16)
Julia Haft-Candell (A '16)
John Harlow
Amanda Horowitz (A '16)
Hong Seon Jang (A '16)
Jonah King (A '16)
Diego Lama (A '16)
Bryan Martello (A '16)
Lilly McElroy (A '06)
Melanie McLain (A '16)
Orr Menirom (A '16)
Omar Mismar (A '16)
Paribartana Mohanty (A '16)
Bridget Mullen (A '16)
Yue Nakayama (A '16)
Carl Ostendarp (F '16)
Christina Quarles (A '16)
Macon Reed (A '16)
Matthew Shalzi (A '16)
Omid Shekari (A '16)
James Scheuren (A '16)
Marvin Toure (A '16)
Elizabeth Tubergen (A '15)
Yoav Weinfeld (A '16)