Lyman Allyn Art Museum presents modern and contemporary art from the collection of Louise McCagg
Louise McCagg: The Artist’s Eye
Lyman Allyn Art Museum • 625 Williams St, New London, CT 06320
September 7 – December 15, 2024
Louise McCagg: The Artist’s Eye
Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces the opening of Louise McCagg: The Artist’s Eye, on view Sept. 7 through Dec. 15. Presenting modern and contemporary art from the collection of artist Louise McCagg (American, 1936–2020), this exhibition celebrates friendship and collaboration. It will showcase McCagg’s sculptures and works on paper in conversation with the work of notable artists such as Elaine de Kooning, Romare Bearden, Louise Bourgeois, Philip Guston, Sol LeWitt, Yoko Ono, Alice Neel, and Cindy Sherman, among others.
A recent gift to the Lyman Allyn, the McCagg collection is eclectic and personal, reflecting Louise’s artistic interests and friendships and her family’s geographic reach. A Connecticut native, Louise McCagg cultivated artistic friendships in Connecticut, Michigan, Eastern Europe, and New York City, where she was a member of the women-run A.I.R. Gallery collective in Brooklyn. In her own work, McCagg produced portrait face masks of friends and colleagues, playing with scale and materiality to configure various sculptural installations, exploring relationships, identity, and artistic community.
With over 40 dynamic sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by both celebrated and lesser-known artists, The Artist’s Eye explores remarkable artworks compiled by a feminist and politically active artist and collector. The opening reception is Friday, Sept. 27, from 5 – 7 p.m. Museum members are free, and non-members are $10. To register, call 860.443.2545 ext. 2129 or email info@lymanallyn.org.
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