Brown Bag Tour with Artist Ester Partegàs:
Behind the Bodega
April 2008
Ester Partegàs will present The Invisible, her site-specific sculpture installation that is anything but unnoticeable on Ridgefield’s historic Main Street, at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum’s Brown Bag Tour and Discussion on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, from 11 am to 1 pm.
Partegàs has transformed the 225-year-old façade of the Museum’s historic administration building, “Old Hundred,” with an illuminated awning based on the designs that grace countless bodegas and convenience stores in American cities. Coincidentally, the original use of the building was as a general store between the years 1783 and 1883 (thus giving rise to its nickname), making The Aldrich a perfect venue for this project.
The work explores the social, emotional, and physical relationship of the spectator to those objects that have become part of the urban landscape. Richard Klein, Aldrich exhibitions director, comments, “The project ingeniously plays with the awning’s change of context: urban/suburban, Latino/Anglo-Saxon, food store/art store, and will actually shelter the front steps from the elements, providing a ‘porch’ for strolling citizens to congregate and socialize.”
Participants will enjoy the chance to learn more about the installation and the opportunity to discuss the project with Parteàs over lunch. Visitors should bring a brown bag lunch and the Museum will provide coffee, tea, and dessert. The program will take place in the galleries at 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT. Registration is required; entry fee $5 member; $7 non-member.
Brown Bag Tours are made possible by Purkiss Capital Advisors.
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is renowned as a national leader for its presentation of outstanding new art, cultivation of emerging artists, and innovation in museum education. All exhibitions and programs are handicapped accessible. Regular Museum hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm. For more information, please call 203.438.4519 or visit www.aldrichart.org.
