A survey of sculpture by eco-artist Christy Rupp will be on view at the Fairfield University Art Museum through April 27, 2024.
Fairfield University Art Museum is pleased to present Streaming: Sculpture by Christy Rupp, on view in the Walsh Gallery from Jan. 19 through April 27, with a 5 p.m. opening lecture and reception on Jan. 18.
Understood as an early pioneer in the field of ecological art activism, the artist, activist, and thought-leader Christy Rupp has an international reputation. Streaming will feature a survey of Rupp’s wall installations and free-standing sculpture, which chronicle the ongoing tension between natural systems and the environment in transition.
These works call the viewer's attention to our interconnectedness with non-humans and habitat — transmuting detritus gathered from the waste stream through sculpture, to reveal what is hidden away from common view and understanding. Informed by science and the historical representation of natural history, the artwork in this exhibition examines the way we frame our opinions of nature, using irony and wit to represent the human impact on our natural habitat.
This project is organized by the Fairfield University Art Museum in collaboration with the artist and curator Jen Dragon of Cross Contemporary Art Projects in Saugerties, New York, who wrote the essay for the exhibition catalogue.
About the Artist
Christy Rupp is a conceptual artist and citizen scientist, whose work is informed by the study of animal behavior and habitat. Her studio is a kaleidoscopic lab where discarded plastics and papers are transformed into art. For several decades she has been collecting objects from the waste stream and incorporating them into her artistic practice. Her work has been included in dozens of solo and group exhibitions over the last four decades, and is in important public and private collections in America and abroad.
Exhibition Programming:
Thursday, Jan. 18, 5 p.m.
Opening Night Lecture: Artist Christy Rupp
Quick Center for the Arts, Kelley Theatre and streaming on thequicklive.com.
Presented as part of the Edwin L. Wiesel Jr. Lectureships in Art History, and funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation.
Thursday, Jan. 18, 6-8 p.m.
Opening Reception
Quick Center for the Arts, Lobby and Walsh Gallery
Thursday, Feb. 22, 7-9 p.m.
Drawing Party with Kate Wellen
Art supplies provided.
Bellarmine Hall, Bellarmine Hall Galleries and Museum Classroom
Saturday, March 23, 12:30-2 p.m., 2:30-4 p.m.
Family Day: Re-Re-Re-Recycle!
Walsh Gallery
