Photo by Jim Rakete
SMFA Trustees and Governors, President Christopher Bratton, Honorary Co-Chairs Ann + Graham Gund Director Matthew Teitelbaum and Tufts President Anthony Monaco, and Event Chair Abigail Ross Goodman welcome you to an evening honoring MONA HATOUM.
THANK YOU Dear Friends, We are so glad that you are here to celebrate the SMFA and to honor world-renowned contemporary artist Mona Hatoum. Tonight we toast the long legacy of the School and its bold future. The SMFA has been educating artists for 140 years. Soon the School will formalize its historic bond with Tufts University, enabling a new, dynamic relationship between these two great institutions. The true beneficiaries of this union will be our students. All net proceeds from this event directly support scholarships and educational opportunities for students at the SMFA—our future artists and creative leaders. We encourage you to bid with enthusiasm! Once again, many thanks for your ongoing generosity. With great gratitude,
Abigail Ross Goodman
2016 SMFA MEDAL AWARD GALA
MENU FIRST COURSE
Monday May 23, 2016 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard
SCHEDULE 6.30 PM
Cocktails and Silent Auction 7.30 PM
Dinner and Award Presentation
Marinated Jumbo Asparagus served with Porcini Pesto, Pickled Artichokes, Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes and Crisp Radishes, paired with Macon Lugny Les Charmes Chardonnay ENTRﾃ右
Herb Brined Salmon served in a Roasted Tomato, Fennel and White Bean Stew, Spicy Broccolini and Black Olive Relish, paired with A by Acacia Pinot Noir DESSERT
9 PM
Dessert and Silent Auction
Mini Vegan Carrot Cupcakes with Coconut Whipped Cream, Blueberry Key Lime Bar, Homemade Oreo Cookies, Mixed Berries 3
SILENT AUCTION The Medal Award Silent Auction features artwork by Mona Hatoum and 22 current SMFA students. Student artists receive 50% of the proceeds from their work and 50% supports SMFA student scholarships. We are very grateful to Mona Hatoum for generously offering her work as a 100% donation. Bidding closes promptly at 9:45 PM.
Payment and pick-up are located at the Huntington Avenue Entrance after the close of the auction. Cash, credit card and check accepted.
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Mona Hatoum Hatoum alters the context of familiar objects, actions and bodies to evoke multi-layered associations around personhood, place and belonging. Her work evokes a visceral response, and speaks to the power of art to communicate complex truths in a way that language alone cannot.
ITEM #1 Starting Bid: $9,000 Over My Dead Body 2005 Heliogravure 27 x 39 1/4 inches Photo: Bill Orcutt
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Ola Aksan My work relates ideas of perception to the systemic nature of physics and the constant flux of the universal flow. New Relations is an artifact of the encounter of two origins, adapting to one another in their expansion. 6
ITEM 2 Starting Bid: $750 New Relations 2016 Latex paint on canvas 40 x 45 inches
Hannah Bates By printing photographs into life size murals, and placing subjects and objects in front of the murals to be photographed in a perspective, works in this series explore the optical illusion of three dimensional space.
ITEM 3 Starting Bid: $750 The Dock 2016 Archival inkjet print 36 x 50 inches
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Furen Dai This work is a silent conversation between two generations about their different opinions of the rules presented in a book called Commandments for Women written in China around 100 A.D.
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ITEM #4 Starting Bid: $400 Message Through Generation 2015 HD Video 4 minutes
Jane Dietrich Unlike Poe, my works discuss morals and the role of religion in daily life. Be Still exemplifies the need to just breathe when all feels in commotion.
ITEM #5 Starting Bid: $100 Be Still 2015 Found book of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe 8 x 12 inches
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Ethan Domke This piece marks the beginning of my work with traditional portraiture and the exploration of old master techniques on alternative substrates.
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ITEM #6 Starting Bid: $700 Untitled (side portrait #01) 2015 Oil on aluminum dibond panel 13 x 13 inches
Ryan Folan I focus heavily on the trauma (both physical and mental) that people subject themselves to. Whether it be a soldier in combat, or a boxer in the ring both are faced with violence, to administer and receive.
ITEM #7 Starting Bid: $700 Sgt Bigos, OEF-A, 2008 2015 Collage, duffel bag and acrylic 30 x 24 inches
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Gabrielle Gibson I consider ceramics my primary medium. Through my ongoing series Growth, I combine functional pottery with elements of the sea. Each barnacle, coral, and urchin is meticulously hand sculpted and carved, leaving each body of work personal and unique. 12
ITEM #8 Starting Bid: $300 Barnacle Tea Set (Growth) 2015 Ceramic Dimensions variable
Rina Ito My work originates in printmaking, and the illusionary effects of repeated geometric forms. I pull from my interest in Japanese aesthetics, as well as my background in science and finance, to create interactive experiences, from artist books to large-scale sculpture.
ITEM #9 Starting Bid: $700 Kite I 2016 Basewood, screenprint, steel pipes Dimensions variable
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Sawool Kim The ideas for my work come from hypnagogic imagery, which inspires a structure for an unconscious dimension. This work acts as visualization for meditation and also alludes to the possibility of the unconscious space. 14
ITEM #10 Starting Bid: $300 Event Horizon Series #4 2015 Acrylic on panel 12 x 12 inches
Catrina Morbidelli “Call Me” deals with learning how to create a new space for oneself, when feeling weighted down by generational tradition.
ITEM #11 Starting Bid: $700 Call Me 2015 Enamel and acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 inches
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Sara Oliver G贸mez de la Vega
My work explores connections between perception and embodiment. This tridimensional painting captures the structure of light and color in a typical cloudy day in the Spanish northern region of Galicia. 16
ITEM #12 Starting Bid: $400 Colors of the North, Quiet Storm 2015 Oil on panel and plexiglass 19 x 22 inches
Nicolas Papa This piece embodies my desire to stay observant, both of the world around me and of myself, a theme that is a consistent part of my practice; through art I learn more about the way I see things.
ITEM #13 Starting Bid: $600 Faรงade 2016 Acrylic on panel 20 x 16 inches
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Kate Rasche My current body of work addresses the fabrication and accessibility of the contemporary American wilderness.
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ITEM #14 Starting Bid: $350 A Myth of Our Own Creation (Tidal River) 2016 Oil on mylar, pins 13 x 19 inches
Emily Reinauer Influenced by the years I’ve spent in New Bedford, MA, my work addresses how obsolete and declining industries directly affect society, the landscape, and the environment
ITEM #15 Starting Bid: $250 Exhaust III 2016 Etching, chine-collĂŠ 15 x 12 inches
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Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa In this series human hair creates a bridge that represents how thoughts, ideas and experiences are interconnected. A long braid goes away from the subject but metaphorically comes back, connecting the same head that is always changing its content. 20
ITEM #16 Starting Bid: $700 Rope Bridge 2015 Archival inkjet print 16 x 20 inches each
Shweta Maria Sengupta India offers creative inspiration at every turn. From the grandeur of palace living to the utter poverty in its many slums there is a story to be told. My work explores notions of belonging and home as I seek to find and define my own identity.
ITEM #17 Starting Bid: $1,200 Interwoven with memories 2016 Oil on canvas 32 x 60 inches
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Katherine P. Sloss This MFA Buddha is a recent painting subject for me. Combining it with a cascade of weeping cherry blossoms somehow addresses a notion of beauty and sadness, a link suggested to me by my Japanese calligraphy teacher. 22
ITEM #18 Starting Bid: $300 Weeping Cherry Buddah (Triptych) 2016 Paint on semi-transparent pellon 9 x 8 inches each
Gabriel Sosa Incorporating both contemporary and archival images of Cuba, my work draws on my own family history to question the resilience of memory and reconnect the Cuban diaspora with those on the island.
ITEM #19 Starting Bid: $400 What they said about Guanabacoa 2016 Graphite, colored pencil, and acetone transfer on paper 21 x 26 inches
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Damaris Swass This work is the embodiment of my personal meditation on stillness through repetition.
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ITEM #20 Starting Bid: $350 No Title (Vessels) 2016 Porcelain with gold finish 5 x 22 inches
William Van Beckum By inserting artificial light into landscape images, I explore the complexity of the modern human’s relationship to the natural world.
ITEM #21 Starting Bid: $800 Stand of Trees in Blue Hills Reservation (Edition 1 of 3) 2015 Archival inkjet print 32 x 40 inches
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Susan White Brown This piece is part of a series depicting an uncanny presence of native or invasive species of flora and fauna within the human-built and humanoccupied spaces which displaced them. 26
ITEM #22 Starting Bid: $1,200 Portland, August 2015 Oil on canvas 60 x 36 inches
Anthony Peyton Young Through drawing, painting, printmaking and papermaking, my work explores the history of the black image in the West. Here, I use a police report’s vague description of a young, black man to create a forensic portrait.
ITEM #23 Starting Bid: $775 Unidentified Black Male 2016 Gun powder on handmade paper 22 x 30 inches
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2016 MEDAL AWARD DONORS GREAT BENEFACTOR Joyce Linde Ann D. Macomber Sandra Moose + Eric Birch Judi + Tim Ritchie Lisbeth Tarlow
BENEFACTOR
PATRON
CONTRIBUTOR
Abigail Ross Goodman
Alchemy Foundation
+ Mark Goodman
Catherine + Peter Creighton
Martin + Deborah Hale
Carol + Richard Daynard
Jennifer + Mark Herman
Lee + Walter Doyle
Jodi + Hal Hess
Peter + Ellen Fallon
Melville + Elizabeth Hodder
Todd + Andrea Finard
Elizabeth + Woody Ives
Thomas + Kate Gilbane
Ted + Erica Gervais Pappendick
Kate Gilbert + Chris Colbert
Jeannie Suk + Jacob Gersen
Cathryn Griffith
Judi Rotenberg Ross Zuker
Joy + Douglas Kant
+ Edward Zuker
Todd + Marci Abbrecht Barbara + Theodore Alfond Stéphane + Brenda Bancel Lorraine Bressler + Karen Bressler Julie + Kevin Callaghan Alexi + Steven Conine Fotene Demoulas + Tom Coté Lorie + Richard Hamermesh Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Phyllis Anina Moriarty Robert Nagle Susan W. Paine Ropes & Gray LLP
Jill + Niraj Shah
Lucy Aptekar
Lynne + Joe Goodman
Kathy Kirk + Malcolm Gefter Barbara Krakow Gallery
SPONSOR Annette L. Born Margaret Burnham + Max Stern John F. Cogan, Jr. + Mary L. Cornille Bridgitt + Bruce Evans Audrey + James Foster Garth Greenan Marjorie + Nick Greville Richard + Nancy Lubin Anthony Lucas Katie + Brooks Porter Lori + Matthew Sidman
Jonathan + Barbara Lee Peik + Judith Larsen Virginia Litle + Tony Godfrey Jane Moss Davis + Carol Noble Linda + Alessandro Pagani Tina Petra Mr. + Mrs. Nicholas Philopoulos Robert + Ruth Remis Chris Rifkin Mr. + Mrs. Marvin G. Schorr Leslee Shupe Alan + Ann Strassman Pamela + Peter Voss
Deme + Reza Taleghani Rosamond Vaule
The SMFA Medal is generously endowed by 28
Carol + Arnold Haynes.
PAST RECIPIENTS *Alumni
PLANNING COMMITTEE
2015 John Baldessari
Abigail Ross Goodman
2014 Sarah Sze
Event Chair
2013 John Wilson* 2013 Glenn Ligon 2012 Lalla Essaydi* 2011 Susan W. Paine 2011 Will Barnet*
Jeannie Suk Deme Taleghani
Director, MFA
Lisbeth Tarlow
Honorary Co-Chair President, Tufts University
2004 Claes Oldenburg + Coosje van Bruggen 2003 Jeff Koons 2002 Robert Rauschenberg 2001 Ellen Gallagher* 2000 Mike + Doug Starn* 1999 Arnold + Milly Glimcher 1998 Esther Anderson* 1997 Nan Golden* 1996 Ellsworth Kelly*
Judi + Tim Ritchie
Ann + Graham Gund
2009 Alex Katz
2005 Jim Dine*
Katie Porter Lori Sidman
2010 Omer Fast*
2006 Kiki Smith
Susan W. Paine
Honorary Co-Chair
Anthony Monaco
2007 Brice Marden
Linda Pagani
Matthew Teitelbaum
2010 Deborah H. Dluhy
2008 Julian Schnabel
Allison O’Neil Fischoeder
Marci Abbrecht
Judi Rotenberg Ross Zuker
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Barbara Alfond
Christopher Bratton
Brenda Bancel
Abigail Ross Goodman
Lorraine D. Bressler
Susan B. Kaplan
Julie Callaghan
Joyce Linde
Catherine Creighton
Carol Noble
Carol Daynard
Edward Saywell
Fotene Demoulas
Matthew Teitelbaum
Lynne + Joe Goodman Martin + Deborah Hale Lorie Hamermesh
SPECIAL THANKS
Jodi Hess
Alexander and Bonin Gallery
Susan B. Kaplan
Stanhope Framers
Barbara Krakow
Peterson Party Center
Joyce Linde
Reserve Modern Event Rental
Ann D. Macomber
Port Lighting Systems
Sandra Moose
Restaurant Associates
Carol Noble
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SMFA Development Office 230 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 617-369-3592 www.smfa.edu/medal