The Recovered Works of Joel Fisher

Posted on 06/23/2008 by VSC

The Recovered Sculptures of Joel Fisher
curated by Meg McDevitt

On view June 23rd through July 23rd, 2008, open daily 10 am - 5pm
Kahn Gallery, Vermont Studio Center
80 Pearl St, Johnson, VT

Friends of Visiting Artist Joel Fisher and the Vermont Studio Center will host an Exhibition of 30 recovered bronze sculptures that were amongst those stolen from Joel Fisher's home and studio this past winter. The exhibit will be at the Kahn Gallery of The Vermont Studio Center, Pearl St. Johnson, from June 23rd through July 23rd, 2008. The opening of the show will be Saturday June 28th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Mr. Fisher will be in town for the opening.

NEWS

JOEL FISHER

Vermont Studio Center Visiting Artist, June 2008

Joel Fisher (b. 1947, Salem, OH) received a B.A. from Kenyon College. He has exhibited in Berlin, London, Paris and Amsterdam. His work is in the collections of the Tate Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Staatliche Museum, Berlin. He has taught at RISD, Bath Academy of Art in England, and currently at Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Fisher lives and works in Brooklyn, Vermont, and Paris.

LEONARDO DREW

Vermont Studio Center Visiting Artist

(b. 1969), BFA Cooper Union in 1985. Drew has shown in institutions such as the Hirschhorn, the Smithsonian, the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, Art Institute of Chicago, Miami Art Museum, and St. Louis Art Museum. He has also collaborated with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and has participated in artist residencies at ArtPace, San Antonio, The Studio Museum of Harlem, and the Vermont Studio Center, in the spring of 1990. He divides his time between New York and Texas.