Wait for the "Punchline": Opening reception Sat. at Institute Library

The Institute Library
847 Chapel St., New Haven, (203) 562-5045
Punchline
Nov. 9—27, 2013.
Reception: Sat., Nov. 9, Noon—2 p.m.

Press release from Stephen Vincent Kobasa

Curated by Kevin Daly, Punchline explores the use of humor in abstraction through the work of 13 artists who employ playful processes or formal languages. The exhibition is less self-consciously concerned with relevance and criticality than with the presence of the whimsical.

Karen Schifano: "Pirate"

The show features works by Stephen Westfall, Andrew Small, Suzan Shutan, Karen Schifano, Grant Wiggins, Richard Roth, Taro Suzuki, Insook Hwang, Sue Post, Roland Orepuk, Andy Cunningham, Inna Babaeva and Cary Smith.

Punchline is on view from Nov. 9—27. There is an opening reception Sat., Nov. 9, from noon to 2 p.m.

Saturday opening reception for "Making Room" at Institute Library

The Institute Library
847 Chapel St., New Haven, (203) 562-5045 
Making Room: Ten Interpretations
Oct. 6—Nov. 3, 2012.
Reception: Sat., Oct. 6, Noon—2 p.m.

Press release from Institute Library

Ten contemporary artists integrate their work into a 186 year-old space, emphasizing historic integrity while exploring new connections. The artwork exists between two and three dimensions, is site-specific and responds to the issues of material ingenuity, color, architecture and reductivist aesthetics. Making Room was curated by Suzan Shutan.

Exhibiting artists are Richard Bottwin (NY), Melanie Carr (CT), Kevin Daly (CT), Robert Gregson (CT), Adam Lister (VA), Faber Lorne (CT), Debra Ramsay (NY), Karen Schifano (NY, see image), Paul Theriault (CT) and Jill Vasileff (CA). The show will be on display from Oct. 6 through Nov. 3. There will be an artists' reception on Sat., Oct. 6, from noon to 2 p.m.