Whirligigs, Folk Art and Beyond
@ Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, May 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Join Loyola University Museum of Art for a free lecture by Bill Swislow about the history of whirligigs and other various folk art traditions. The lecture is sponsored by Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, and is held in conjunction with our Peter Gelker: Whirligigs exhibition.
Artist and Psychologist Peter Gelker brings together the worlds of folk art and psychoanalysis in this evocative exhibition featuring more than 20 handcrafted whirligigs. Whirligigs are hand-turned or wind-driven devices that revolve in a cycle and function as either a toy, a work of art, an object of amusement, or a kinetic garden ornament. Continuing in a tradition that has existed for more than 500 years, this second generation whirligig artisan hand carves and paints these psychologically charged works focusing on political structures, religious beliefs, social relations and mythology.
Image: Peter Gelker, Angel and Devil, courtesy of the artist.
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