About Face, installation in refectory, site-specific installation, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face, book cover, Institute of Art, Religion & Social Justice, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face, photographing portrait of Helen Dickinson by Alice zur Cann Boscowitz, site-specific installation, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face, portraits of Benjamin Strong and Fisher Howe as found in storage room, site-specific installation, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face, portrait of Samuel Miles Hopkins as found in the Seminary, site-specific installation, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face, unknown portrait as found at the Seminary, site-specific installation, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face, Cathy with work-in-progress, site-specific installation, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face, AA Bronson beside portrait of Rev Charles Henry Parkhurst, Institute for Art, Religion, & Social Justice office, New York, 2012.
About Face, refectory installation in progress, site-specific installation, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face, 175th anniversary luncheon event in refectory, site-specific installation, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2012.
About Face (2012)
About Face in Union Theological Seminary’s neo-gothic dining hall, the Refectory, features a series of silhouettes replacing the thirteen portraits that usually hang there – all past presidents of the board and faculty as well as significant benefactors.
From January to May 2012 I was the first full-time artist-in-residence for the Institute of Art, Religion, & Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary by invitation of AA Bronson, and this position and the exhibition are taking place in conjunction with the 175th anniversary of the institution.
The installation is accompanied by an artist’s book including color reproductions of all sixty-three of Union’s portraits (1840-2009) along with reflections about the paintings from students, faculty, staff, and friends and a catalogue with information about each one. The 96-page book is co-published with Printed Matter, Inc.