How Wang-Fo Was Saved The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theatre
Hanne Tierney’s How Wang-Fo Was Saved is an interpretation of an ancient Chinese legend celebrating the triumph of art over life performed entirely by objects such as bamboo fronds, stiffened robes, and glowing lanterns. Tierney is a performance artist who makes abstract theater without actors. She began performing in the early 1980s and has been seen at the Whitney and Guggenheim Museums, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, and the Wadsworth Atheneum. Ms. Tierney is currently the Artistic Director for FiveMyles, a performance and exhibition space in Brooklyn.
On May 23rd, Ms. Tierney will present an excerpt from her work accompanied with live music by the piece's original composer, Jane Wang.
Sun May 23, 2010
Free. 1:30-3:30pm
Katonah Museum of Art
134 Jay Street - Route 22
Katonah, New York 10536
(914) 232-9555
photo credit: Margaret Fox
In the Beitzel, Righter, and Project Galleries
February 28 - June 13, 2010
Once considered the exclusive province of shamans, puppets have been used for centuries to bring stories to life. The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theater performs such magic, illuminating the power of puppet theater to give form to the internal and otherwise invisible worlds of emotions and ideas. Puppet theater fuses the visual and performing arts, incorporating painting, sculpture, text, music, movement, and technology. The exhibition features sophisticated and often daring work by contemporary puppeteers, painters, film, and media artists, including Eric Bass/Sandglass Theater, Janie Geiser, Liz Goldberg, Chris Green, Dan Hurlin, William Kentridge/Handspring Puppets, Ralph Lee, Mabou Mines, Roman Paska, Brian Selznick, Julie Taymor, and Hanne Tierney, with short films by Genevieve Anderson, Laura Heit, and Scott Shoemaker.
Click here to view an interview with curator Leslee Asch.
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