East Wing Gallery at Renaissance Center presents installation work by Sara Good
Release Date: 12/29/2007. Expired: 3/1/2008
Installation art is a term that loosely describes much of the work that deals with the significant altering of a space by an artist. It is, at times, unique and often specific to that location, allowing it to be visually and conceptually understood in a manner unlike its day-to-day setting.
The Renaissance Center in Dickson will present a unique installation by Memphis artist Sara Good in its East Wing Gallery Jan. 25-March 1. An opening reception will be 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25. The reception and all exhibits at The Renaissance Center are free.
Installation art is rich in history – largely growing out of the birth of modern ideas and non-object based art of the 1960s and ’70s. It has evolved today into a continuing method for artists to express themselves outside of the realm of 2-D or even sculptural work. As new materials, processes and forms have come into use, this genre of art making has reached new heights and levels in the hands of contemporary artists.
Memphis-based artist Good takes these ideas and runs with them in her works often inspired by and directly referencing installation work.
“It is important to note that Sara’s work is not traditional installation, in that it doesn’t ‘re-create’ a space into something new. What she is able to do is play the realm between installation and traditional art in inventive ways,” said Armon Means, curator for The Renaissance Center. “The language of installation; usage of objects not commonly thought of as having an intrinsic artistic value, the specific arrangement of items within a space, and shifting the manner a space is read. These are all strategies used by Good, though she still creates pieces that are also meant to be wall hangings, floor-standing pieces – works more associated to the traditional arts. It is for these reasons that it would be unfair to simply call her an installation artist.”
Having shown in multiple galleries across the Southeast and beyond, Good transforms spaces into a unique artistic experience which beautifully melds the worlds of 2-D, 3-D and installation into an expressive style all her own. She now strategically brings that style to the East Wing Gallery of The Renaissance Center with a new body of work dealing with the technical aspects of space, but also the formal qualities of art and design.
Born in Memphis, Good spent her childhood there and in Pecos, Texas. After beginning her undergraduate program at the University of Houston, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in 1990 and her Master’s Degree from the University of Memphis in 1994, where she also taught Studio Art and Art History courses. She now lives and works in Memphis with her spouse Warren and son Wesley.
For more information on the Sara Good exhibit in the East Wing Gallery of The Renaissance Center, contact Means at (615) 740-5545 or armon.means@rcenter.org, or visit www.rcenter.org. The galleries of The Renaissance Center are open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and admission is free.
The Renaissance Center is a fine arts education and performing arts center at 855 Highway 46 South in Dickson, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.
Visit the Visual Arts Gallery page for more about the gallery.