The Blue Galleries at Boise State’s Center for the Visual Arts will host an exhibition featuring works by 63 contemporary visual artists with connections to New York City and Boise. The exhibition, titled “Language of the Hand,” includes individual works as well as the collaborative project “Still Utopia/Broken Links.”
“Language of the Hand” explores drawing as a primary and essential visual language, examining the hand as a tool for communication. It shows how we create meaning visually and non-verbally, considering the structured gestures of sign language, the mystical interpretations of palmistry and the many ways that mark-making can create meaning.
Drawing is considered the foundation for translating ideas into visible form. Through drawing, the hand becomes a primary instrument, forming an image that invites a personal dialogue between artist and viewer. This exhibition is a partnership between the DRAW Project (New York) and the Blue Galleries and was curated by the DRAW Project’s Brian Novatny and the Blue Galleries director Kirsten Furlong.
Artists: Adam Fowler, Aga Ousseinov, Alejandro Contreras, Alex Kvares, Amanda Hamilton, Andy Van Dinh, Astri Snodgrass, Austin Thomas, Bill Abbott, Billy Malone, Brian Novatny, Camilla Taylor, Cate Brigden, Chunghee Yun, Daniel Davidson, Dave Darraugh, Deanna Lee, Dwaine Carver, Eric Ramos Guerrero, Erin Cunningham, Ernesto Caivano, Fred Liang, Garth Claassen, Hallie Maxwell, Isabelle D’Amico, James Castle, Jennifer Nuss, Jill AnnieMargaret, Jonathan Adams, Jonathan Sadler, Katherine Shaughnessy, Katrina Kopeloff, Kiki Smith, Laura Watt, LeRoy Neiman, Matthew Thorley, Melanie Yazzie, Melissa Marks, Meredith Fife Day, Nathan Catlin, Nils Karsten, Noah Loesberg, Predrag Dimitrijevic, Rafael Domenech, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Rocio Olivares, Salvatore Schiciano, Shahzia Sikander, Sharon Louden, Shawn Edrington, Simonetta Moro, Stephen Aifegha, Susan Murrell, Tomas Vu, Tricia Keightley, Valerie Hammond, Veiko Valencia, William Cordova, William D. Lewis, Willow Wells-Becerra, Yuan Zuo, and Yun-Fei Ji
Exhibition supported by the above artists, Dana and Dan Zuckerman, the DRAW Project, James Castle Collection and Archive, LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies and Norr Cohan Gallery.
“Language of the Hand” will open at the Blue Galleries from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, August 28. Afterwards, it will be open to viewers during regular Blue Galleries hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Friday through October 28.