If only the walls could talk. Well apparently they will at the Worcester Art Museum starting this Thursday.
The provocative artist-activist collaborative THINK AGAIN (David John Attyah and S.A. Bachman) are at it again. Working in the longstanding tradition of agitprop artists, they have created a new work called Actions Speak. Upon receiveing their comission, THINK AGAIN rolled up their collective sleeves and completed a 67′ long mural at the Worcester Art Museum(WAM) as part of the Wall at WAM series. Action Speaks is the 7th project in the WAM series.
Debuting the week before the presidential election, THINK AGAIN’s Actions Speak aims to promote dialogue between art and public response as well as between global reality and local action. The project combines text, photography, drawing, etching, sculpture, and digital design. And apparently it is also the first Wall at WAM project to utilize both the museum’s interior wall and exterior faade (where a projection will be on view after dark during public evening hours on the 3rd Thursday of each month).
Image: Wall at Worcester Art Museum: “Actions Speak, detail” by THINK AGAIN (David John Attyah and S.A. Bachman) 2008, inkjet on paper, 17 x 67 feet. (FY99 MCC Photography Fellows)
Photo Credits: Images courtesy of The Worcester Art Museum
Allison Berkeley says
Hi!
As a representative of the Worcester Art Museum, I would like to encourage you to come to the opening of this exhibition on Thursday, October 28, 2008 from 5:30-8pm. The event is free for Members of the Museum and $10 for non-members.
In addition to the opening, the video piece of the installation will be on view during the Third Thursday of the month during evening public hours.
Upcoming dates are:
November 20, 2008
December 18, 2008
January 15, 2008
February 19, 2009.
You can check our website for additional dates. The artists will also be here at the Museum on March 19 for an artist talk.
Hope to see you at the Museum,
Allison Berkeley
Manager of Marketing and Public Relations
Worcester Art Museum