Currently there is no exhibition on view at the Weeks Gallery
Our next exhibition "Directions: Works by Abraham Ferraro" will begin with an opening reception on Friday, January 30 5:30-7:00pm.
Directions is an ever growing series of mail-able sculptures complete with mailing address, postage, shipping labels, and installation directions on them that began in 2011. Pieces are shown as mailed and installation is assembled in a site specific way reacting to the architecture of the gallery. Every time the Directions piece is exhibited 5-10 new pieces are added and mailed individually to the new venue while the older pieces are delivered by the artist, so process is evident and traceable by the viewer to the extent that the viewer may figure out exactly when and where the pieces traveled. There are 200+ pieces spanning 14 years. Directions is more than how Art physically gets from A to B, but specifically about the evolution of an artistic vision or process that all artists experience as their work morphs and changes over time…in this case the dates and addresses lead the viewer through my evolution of form, color, and conceptualization of Mail Art…though I feel more like a Pop Artist appropriating packing stickers. I spend a good deal of time searching the internet for unusual packing stickers…I think it speaks volumes about society when I find a shipping label like a Green Alien Fragile or Pink Elephant Do Not Crush sticker.
"My Art is about Art and the processes behind the artwork. While my performance works, through real sweat, detail the struggles, trials, and tribulations that artists undergo by creating an Art object during a strenuous performance my recent ongoing installations are about the processes behind and within that Art making. My work is autobiographical but describes the processes and situations that all artists find themselves in. Humor, irony and sarcasm are frequent strategies. Each piece seeks to depict, critique and / or challenge conventions of Art that artists face when making Art."
- Abraham Ferraro
Take a Virtual Tour of our previous exhibition
Gallery Exhibition Hours:
Mon-Thurs.: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fridays: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
*Closed on all college holidays