ica : current exhibition

MAGNIFY
June 24- August 16, 2009

Paul Butler
Jonah Freeman
Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay
Jane Wildgoose

Drawing upon ideas of exaltation, amplification, augmentation, and excess, MAGNIFY brings together the work of artists who exaggerate or heighten the qualities of certain historical materials, events, and ideas. Digging deep into even the smallest of details, the art work exhibited in MAGNIFY frames history through lenses that are alternately absurd and sublime, allowing mundane parts of the past to assume a new place in the viewer's consciousness.

The artists featured in MAGNIFY are Visiting Faculty in the graduate program in Studio Arts at the Maine College of Art, a two year MFA that encourages research-based practice in the fine arts. The MFA in Studio Arts embraces an open, interdisciplinary approach that encourages students to think across boundaries in order to integrate studio practice with conceptual, archival, and site-specific practices.