April 22nd, 2013

HAPPY EARTH DAY

Michele Oka Doner, United States, born 1945
Angry Neptune, Salacia, and Stride, 2008, Cast bronze
Museum purchase made possible by a bequest from Clarence and Ruth Roy, the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, and the support of the artist, 2009/1.466-468

Majestic yet seemingly crippled, these headless forms—hand burnished and patinated by the artist—evoke ancient, fossilized totems, their surface scarrings suggestive of the decay both of natural forces and of passing time. The artist has a long-standing interest in the natural world, and the three figures positioned here in a kind of timeless, abstracted conversation, ask us to consider the sacred qualities of nature.

See these three sculptures on Central Campus; on the east side of Alumni Memorial Hall - Museum of Art; between the Museum and Tappan Hall.

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July 11th, 2012

Creative Catalyst: Detroit and the Abandoned Packard Plant
Artist perspective on decay vs creation within Detroit.
Featuring artists Scott Hocking, Paul Kaiser, and Amanda Krugliak.
Interview footage shot and recorded by Sarah Nesbitt.
Edited by Sharad Kant Patel

Each year U of M’s Institute for the Humanities invites a variety of scholars, writers, artists and performers from outside the university for residencies. During their residencies, visiting fellows contribute creatively and diversely to the intellectual community of the institute, the university, and the community by giving talks, meeting with students and colleagues, as well as working on their own projects.

Detroit artist Scott Hocking and Paul Kaiser (of OpenEndedGroup) have both participated in the
Visiting Artist Fellowship program at the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities.

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