re:museum ∙ RE:SCALE
This past spring, re:museum began a new exhibition series focusing on the elements and principles of art (texture, balance, pattern, space, etc.). The debut theme was “scale,” highlighting artworks that utilize size and proportion in significant ways, and there were so many wonderful and varied examples of these ideas in the collection that we’re bringing the theme back for another round.
While there are many practical benefits to viewing images of artworks online or printed in books, scale is a quality that tends to get lost in translation. The artworks on view in this exhibition invite visitors to reflect on their own physical sense of perspective and presence, emphasizing intrinsically in-person qualities. Artworks featured include Raymond Barnhart’s proportionate working drawings for the stone reliefs on the UK Fine Arts building, a 1:1 plaster life mask of artist Victor Hammer, a fresh selection of our collection’s tiniest works (magnifying glasses provided), and more.
In addition to the artwork on view, the exhibition also features insights into our institutional history and a behind-the-curtain look at museum operations. This includes an interactive 1970s-era maquette of our ground floor galleries and displays demonstrating how we light, frame, and preserve artworks. If you’d like to incorporate re:museum into your curriculum, please contact Curator of Education Dan Solberg (dan.solberg@uky.edu).
Image: Kenneth Josephson, Chicago, 1964, bromoil gelatin silver print. Collection of the UK Art Museum, bequest of Robert C. May.
