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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 16, 2009
PRESS CONTACT:
Andrea Potochniak
607 254-4563
arp37@cornell.edu
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Presents
Peggy Preheim: Little Black Book
First museum exhibition to present the range of artist’s work;
Preheim to speak at the Johnson Museum
Ithaca, NY—The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents Peggy Preheim: Little Black Book, on view from October 31, 2009, to January 3, 2010.
Organized by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, this show is the first museum exhibition to fully explore the wide range of Peggy Preheim’s work. Best known for her exquisitely rendered pencil drawings, Preheim also creates figurative sculpture and photographs. Her sculptural assemblages feature white clay figures and found objects including furniture, doll’s clothes, and Victorian glass, and her atmospheric black-and-white photographs are based on her sculptural work. At the core of Preheim’s art is her drawing: small-scale, tightly rendered work that explores highly nuanced imagery related to memory, sexuality, aging, and the complex inner relationship of childhood to adulthood.
Preheim will talk about her work on Thursday, November 5 at 5:15 p.m. as part of the Johnson’s “Artist’s Talk” series. Harry Philbrick, director of the Aldrich Museum and curator of the exhibition, will give a talk on Friday, November 6 at 4:30 p.m., prior to the Johnson’s opening reception for late fall exhibitions from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. These talks and the opening reception are free and open to the public.
Andrea Inselmann, the Johnson’s curator of modern and contemporary art, will lead a free tour of the exhibition as part of the Johnson’s “Art for Lunch” series on Thursday, December 10 at 12:00 noon.
Born in Yankton, South Dakota, Peggy Preheim now lives and works in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. Her recent solo exhibitions have been on view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York, g-module in Paris, and Works on Paper in Los Angeles. Recent group exhibitions include New Directions in American Drawing, organized by the Columbus Museum in Georgia and also traveling to the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah and the Knoxville Museum of Art in Tennessee; Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life at the Neuberger Museum in Purchase, New York; Does Size Matter? at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis; Through the looking glass at Galerie Bob van Orsouw in Zurich; and Past Presence: Childhood and Memory at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria.
The Johnson Museum has a permanent collection of over 30,000 works of art from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The museum building was designed by I. M. Pei. Funds for the building were donated by Cornell alumnus Herbert F. Johnson, late president and chairman of S C Johnson. The building opened in 1973.
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The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, located on the campus of Cornell University, is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. The Museum is completely accessible for mobility-impaired visitors, and a wheelchair is available in the lobby. Metered parking is available in the lot next to the Museum. For more information, please call 607 255-6464. Visit the Museum’s website at www.museum.cornell.edu. The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art is a proud member of Ithaca’s Discovery Trail: www.DiscoveryTrail.com.
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