The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum will present a new site-specific monofilament installation by sculptor Andi Steele. Andi Steele: Amalgamation will be open to the public Thursday, December 3, 2015 through Friday, February 26, 2015.
For Andi Steele, “Alteration of space forces people to look at their immediate surroundings in a new way, to slow and become aware of things previously unnoticed.”
Working with linear materials such as monofilament (essentially fishing line), Andi Steele constructs site-specific installations that interfere with existing spaces, shifting the viewer’s perception and forcing conscious interaction.
Planning and process are integral to Steele’s work. From taking measurements to final construction, her work is guided by her love of process and hands-on making.
Steele is Associate Professor of Sculpture at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She received her BFA in Graphic Design from the University of South Carolina in 1994, before studying blacksmithing and papermaking at the Penland School of Crafts. She lived and worked at Penland for six years, two of which she spent as part of the Core Student Fellowship Program (1998-1999).
Steele received her MFA in sculpture from the University of Georgia in 2004, and during that time shifted her focus from making objects to creating installation pieces. Most of Steele’s work before that time was figurative, however at UGA she began to explore the concept of the viewer becoming the active figure in her art. Combined with her interest in new materials, in particular monofilaments, this evolved into her current series of work. Andi Steele designs, fabricates, and installs all of her sculptures personally, and has exhibited nationally.
Andi Steele will give a lecture in conjunction with the closing of her exhibition on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 6:00pm in the Frances J. Niederer Auditorium of the Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center. A reception will follow the lecture in the first floor lobby of the center.
The Eleanor D Wilson Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 12:00pm – 5:00pm, Thursday from 12:00pm – 8:00pm, and is closed Monday and during university breaks. For more information, please call (540) 362-6532 or visit www.hollins.edu/museum.