Thu 1/19 @ 5:30PM
There’s probably no one in Cleveland’s art scene who engages and brings together artists the way the dynamic Liz Maugans does. In addition to her own highly prolific art-making practice, she curates art for the downtown Worthington Yards apartments, including its large lobby gallery, as the Yards Project.
In the past several years she’s generated exhibits based on inviting a huge group of artists to submit work in a specific format. She did a show at MoCa where more than 400 self-identified artists created self-portraits all in an 8.5 x 11 format. Similarly, a show at 78th Street asked artists to produce a work to fit in a mousehole template.
Now she’s done it again, this time at the Yards Project space with Foot Squared. This time more than 100 artists produced a work, in a range of media and styles, all in a 12 x 12 inch format.
“12 inch squared objects is a size that fairs so well with human adaptation and interaction,”says the show’s statement. “Children begin their first understanding of scale with the ruler. The standard sizes of throw pillows and wall clocks reflect this scale and like countless other tangible things from our humble daily lives. Tile and carpeting squares are 12×12. Standard frames are a foot squared. So it is here that this exhibition began.”
(Don’t forget vinyl record jackets!)
Yards is pleased to present Foot Squared, a collective, dynamic group exhibition featuring over 100 local artists working in a 12 x 12 format. We challenged some of our favorite artists to work within a 12 x 12 inch space and left the rest up to them. The result is a stunning display of the endless possibilities contained within the bounds of the composition.
The show opens with a reception Thursday January 19 and will be on view through Saturday March 18.