Christopher Abrams

April 2009

Solo Show 

 

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Smaller is Better

Thursday, November 29, 2007 - Thursday, January 31, 2008

Traina Center for the Arts
Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University

Clark University's Schiltkamp Gallery is pleased to announce Smaller is Better, a juried exhibition of small works. With nearly 60 artists represented, the exhibit offers a variety of exciting and thoughtful works in small format. Each piece displays a highly sensitive and dynamic use of material, proving that powerful things do come in tiny packages.

Works were solicited through an open call and chosen through a blind jury so that the final selection includes a broad range of participants- national and regional artists, college faculty, and students. The concept for this exhibition dictates that the work be six inches or less in any dimension. Nick Capasso, acting director of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, awarded honors to the top pieces. He notes that small artwork functions much the same as extra large artwork- it demands that you go right up to it until the piece fills your frame of vision. The parameters of tiny artwork provide particular challenges for artists- and in this exhibit we see artists resolving these issues in a diverse array of media and genre.