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Stagione d'arte 2012

Patrick Dougherty

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Nel Parco Storico, Patrick Dougherty ha disegnato forme aeree e vegetali. Monumentali, profondamente ispirate al luogo, interpellano i visitatori alla svolta dei boschetti grazie al loro aspetto mezzo naturale e mezzo architettonico.

Le loro pareti incurvate sono fatte di morbidi rami di salice intrecciate ed offrono ai passeggiatori uno spazio onirico sospeso tra due mondi nel cuore della natura. Senza mai imporsi, queste sculture si mischiano nel paesaggio facendo leva sull’immaginario. Risulta possibile credere che siano state costruite da schiere di uccelli, erette da roditori molto ambiziosi o portate dal vento. Grazie a questo gesto discreto di ampio respiro, Patrick Dougherty innesca un gioco con lo spettatore che viene indotto a sognare il mondo che lo circonda pensando alla natura in cui è immerso.

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Patrick DOUGHERTY
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Patrick Dougherty ha trascorso la sua infanzia nella Carolina del Nord negli Stati Uniti. Il suo immaginario si è sviluppato in questi paesaggi naturali ricoperti da alberelli con rami flessibili e sculturali. Diventato adulto, con la sua laurea di belle arti in tasca, si lancia a partire dal 1982 nella realizzazione di opere a metà strada tra la scultura e l’architettura. Anche se molti assimilano la sua arte alla Land Art, Patrick Dougherty sfugge a qualsiasi catalogazione. È possibile scoprire le sue opere in tutto il mondo come nel Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park a Grand o all’aria aperta. Intrecciando sottili rami, crea forme monumentali alte alcuni metri che danno vita all’universo onirico delle sue esposizioni. Ogni suo progetto viene ideato tenendo conto dei legami con il luogo d’insediamento dell’opera aderendo, sviando o “aggredendo” il contesto nel quale essa si inserisce. Il processo di elaborazione delle opere inizia sempre con una ricerca conoscitiva approfondita dello spazio scelto per l’insediamento delle opere onde determinarne le “qualità fisiche e sociali” alle quali si ispireranno i primi schizzi. Il dialogo che scatta tra questi elementi si traduce con la realizzazione dell’opera costruita grazie alla collaborazione e alla mobilitazione di varie persone incaricate di tagliare, intrecciare e legare le ramature. Molto attaccato alla sua terra d’origine, Patrick Dougherty vive e lavora nella casa che ha costruito con le sue mani a Chapel Hill.

Installation de Patrick Dougherty pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2012 © Éric Sander
Installation de Patrick Dougherty pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2012 © Éric Sander
Installation de Patrick Dougherty pour le Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, 2012 © Éric Sander

PREMI

Factor Prize for Southern Art, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, USA
North Carolina Artist Fellowship Award, North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, USA
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA
Henry Moore Foundation Fellowship, Leeds, Royaume-Uni
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington, USA
Awards in the Visual Arts-8, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, USA

MOSTRE

2016
The Royals, McKee Botancial Garden, Vero Beach, USA
Fancy Free, Appleton Museum, College of Central Florida, Ocala, USA
Made from Scratch, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Gainesville, USA
Lucky Seven, Astrid Lindgren Nas, Vimmerby, Sweden
Footprint in Green, Green Box Arts, Green Mt Falls, USA
 
2015
A Sight to Behold, Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough, USA
A Walk on the Wild Side, Wilson College, Chambersburg, USA
Shindig, Galerie Renwick, Washington, USA
Just Beyond the Forest Curtain, Cape Fear Botanical Garden, Fayetteville, USA
What the Birds Know, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA
A Bird in Hand, Greater Reston Arts Center/IPAR, Reston, USA
A Waltz in the Woods, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, USA
Sweetgum Thicket, Museum of Life and Science, Durham, USA
Deep in the Heart, Texas A&M University, Commerce, USA
 
2014
Boogie Woogie, Hermann Park, Houston, USA
By the Nod, Northern California, USA
Little Bitty Pretty One, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, USA
Take Five, 2014. Fernwood Botanical Garden, Niles, USA
Big Mister Twister, Portland Children's Museum, Portland, USA
Fit for a Queen, City of Nantes, Nantes, France
The Big Naturals, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, USA
Homegrown, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, USA
Birthday Palace, National Tropical Botanic Garden, Kauai, Hawaii
 
2013
Out in Front, Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, USA
Ready or Not, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, USA
Traveling Companions, Deokpyeong Ecoland, Seoul, South Korea
Garden of Curiosities, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, USA
Three of a Kind, Lincoln, USA
High Jinx, Embassy of the United States, Belgrade, Serbia
Muskrat Ramble, Hands On Children's Museum, Olympia, USA
Deck the Halls, Hall Winery, St Helens, USA
On the Fly, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Old Time Religion, East Tennessee University, Johnson City, USA
 
2012
Crisscross, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, USA
Footloose, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
Entourage, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, Center of Arts and Nature, Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
Snake Hollow, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, USA
Out of the Woodwork, Walton Art Center, Fayetteville, USA
Room by Room, Springfield Art Museums, Springfiled, USA
Monks’ Cradle, College of St Benedict and St John's University, Collegeville, USA
Little Ballroom, Federation Square & Creative Production Services, Melbourne, Australia
Learning Curve, The Center for Creativity and the Arts, Fresno State, USA
 
2011
Double Take, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, USA
Disorderly Conduct, Guilford College, Greensboro, USA
Sidewinder, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
There Is a Wiggle in its Walk, Wegerzyn Gardens, Dayton, USA
Diamonds in the Rough, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, USA
Sur Les Pas d’Atlas, EPCC Chemins du Patrimoine en Finistère, Daoulas, France
Tana Libera Tutti / Home Free, Arte Sella, Borgo Valsugana, Italy
On the Wild Side, Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Hawaii
Pomp and Circumstance, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
Double or Nothing, Washington University, St Louis, USA
 
2010
Way Out Yonder, Portola Valley, USA
Ain’t Misbehaivn’, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, USA
Walkabout, Chapel Hill, USA
Uff-Da Palace, University of Minnesota, Chaska, USA
Do Tell!, The Bascom, Highlands, USA
Centerpiece, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, USA
Natural History, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, USA
Easy Rider, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, USA
River Vessels, Waco Cultural Arts Festival, Waco, USA
 
2009
Upper Crust, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, USA
Lookin’ Good, Lookin’ Good, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, USA
Summer Palace, Morris Aboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Bedazzler, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
The Rambles, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, USA
Your Story, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA
Here’s Lookin’ At You, Bosque School. Albuquerque, USA
Hedging your Bets, Washburn University, Topeka, USA
Out of the Box, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA
 
2008
Catawampus, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia, USA
Lookout Tree, Turtle Bay Arboretum, Redding, USA
Stickwork, Museum of Outdoor Art, Denver, USA
Sortie de Cave / Free At Last, Jardin des Arts, Châteaubourg, France
Ruaille Buaille / Highjinx, Sculpture in the Parklands, Tullamore, Ireland
Shortcut, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
Hocus Pocus, Bittersweet Farms, Ennice, USA
Twisted Sisters, Wheaton College, Norton, USA
Restless by Nature, City of Ames, USA
Creature Comforts, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, USA
 
2007
Stir Crazy, Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, USA
Childhood Dreams, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, USA
Home Sweet Home, Island School Council for the Arts, Bluffton, USA
Xanadu, Morten Arboretum, Chicago, USA
Second Sight, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA
So Inclined, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, USA
Simple Logic, DePauw University, Greencastle, USA
 
2006
Out in the Sticks, Wieden and Kennedy Building, Portland, USA
Foreplay, Arabasque, Nine Lives, Room to Spare, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, USA
Close Ties, Scottish Basketmakersʼ Circle, Dingwall, United Kingdom
Half a Dozen of the Other, Cornell Council for the Arts, Ithaca, USA
Square Roots, 2David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, USA
Just for Looks, Max Azria / Melrose Avenue Boutique, Los Angeles, USA
 
2005
Inside View, Augusta State University, Augusta, USA
Toad Hall, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, USA
Trail Heads, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA
LʼAurore des Borries, Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France
Twigamore, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, USA
Still Life with Sticks, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, USA
Roustabout, Community Council for the Arts, Kinston, USA
Side Steppinʼ, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, USA
Pines Portico, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, USA
 
2004
Haywire, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, USA
Arcadia, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, USA
Growth Spurt, Osnabrück, Museum and Art Association, Osnabrück, Germany
Putting Two and Two Together, Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, USA
Rough around the Edges, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, USA
On the Outskirts of Town, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, USA
Cue Ball, Cross Hatching, Doin' the Locomotion, Free Wheeling, Tower Vertigo, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, USA
 
2003
A Cappella, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, USA
Fiddlesticks, Childrenʼs Museum of Richmond, Richmond, USA
Just around the Corner, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, USA
Bivouac, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, USA
Rough Housinʼ, Powell Gardens, Kingsville, USA
Na Hale ʻEo Waiawi, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Cabin Fever, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, Canada
Hat Trick, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, USA
Cascadia, Lynden Pioneer Museum, Lynden, USA
 
2002
The Real McCoy, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, USA
Threadbare, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
Off the Beaten Path, Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, USA
Call of the Wild, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, USA
Headstrong, Boise Art Museum, Boise, USA
The Cure, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, USA
Mumʼs the Word, San Diego Wild Animal Park, San Diego, USA
Twiganometry, Carleton College, Northfield, USA
Shades of Home, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA
 
2001
Standby, Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Raleigh, USA
Spittinʼ Image, South Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson, USA
Slip-Slidinʼ, Meyers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, USA
Paradise Gate, Smith College, Northampton, USA
St. Denis Tower, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, USA
Rerun, Iscol Estate, Pound Ridge, USA
Tea for Two, Eskin Residence, Aspen, USA
Simple Pleasures, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, USA
Full Court Press, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, USA
 
2000
Whatchamacallit, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Sleepwalking, Atelier 340 Museum, Brussels, Belgium
Set for LUYALA, Duke University Artists Series, Durham, USA
Keepsake, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, USA
Wound Up, Weston Art Gallery at the Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, USA
Yard Work, Symposium dʼArt Nature, Cime et Racines, Quebec, Canada
Abracadabra, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, USA
Cakewalk, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA
Tea Time, 2000, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, USA
 
1998
Face to Face, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, USA
Cell Division, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Bottleneck, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
In Natureʼs Sway, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, USA
Lemonwheel, Lemonwheel Music Festival, Limestone, USA
High Strung, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, USA
Dixie Cups, 1998, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Short Cut (Interior), Easy Does It (Exterior), Hollywood Art and Cultural Center, Hollywood, USA
Be It Ever So Humble, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
Greenware, Alfred University, Alfred, USA
Garden Variety, Artsplosure, Raleigh, USA
From the Castleʼs Kitchen, Schloss Ebenau, Weizelsdorf, Austria
Jug or Naught, Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, USA
Balancing Act, Compton Verney, Warwick, United Kingdom
Owache, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Dekalb, USA
Rough Cut, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, USA
 
1997
Hoopla, Neuburger Museum of Art, Purchase, USA
The Path of Least Resistance, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, USA
Comets, Spheres, and Curlicues, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA
Desire Line, Salina Art Center, Salina, USA
Prairie Temple, Brad Stuie Residence, Salina, USA
Déjà Vu, Salina Art and Humanities Commission, Salina, USA
Wide Bodies, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, USA
Standing Room Only, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA
Roundabout, Tallaght Community Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
 
1996
Sittinʼ Pretty, South Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson, USA
Points of Attachment, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, USA
Running in Circles, TICKON Sculpture Park, Langeland, Denmark
Natural Selection, Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark
Reading between the Lines, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, USA
Crossing Over, American Craft Museum, New York, USA
Ever So Humble, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, USA
Whirlaway, Memorial Park, Spalding University, Louisville, USA
Oh, Me, Oh, My, Oh, Allen Parkway, Buffalo Bayou Artpark, Houston, USA
 
1995
Tension Zone, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, USA
Basket Case, South Florida Art Center, South Miami Beach, USA
A Detailed Account, Green Hill Center for Art, Greensboro, USA
Strictly for the Birds, Blue Jay Point County Park, Raleigh, USA
The Marriage Ring, Moore Ranch, Aspen, USA
Bridging the Rio Grande, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
Caught in the Act, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, USA
Colonnade, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, USA
 
1994
Yard Bird, Joy Javits Collection, Chapel Hill, USA
Bushmanʼs Holiday, Salina Art Center, Salina, USA
When Push Comes to Shove, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, USA
The Four Gates of Eden, Assen, The Netherlands
From Aah to Uum, Dittmer Collection, Aspen, USA
Homing Instincts, Seidel Collection, Aspen, USA
Little Big Man, Krakamarken/Nature Sculpture Park, Randers, Denmark
Coming Up for Air, Arte Sella Sculpture Park, Trento, Italy
Talking Up a Storm, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, USA
Him and Her, Iscol Estate, Pound Ridge, USA
 
1993
Architectural Detail, Hanes Gallery, University of USA, Chapel Hill, USA
Out of Hand and Chit Chat, The Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
Wild As All Get Out, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA
Cliff Dwelling, Suzanne Farber Estate, Aspen, USA
On the Verge, Artspace, Raleigh, USA
By Leaps and Bounds, Red Rose Forest Project, Manchester, United Kingdom
Huddle Up, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, United Kingdom
Birdʼs Eye View, Carolina Union Gallery, University of USA, Chapel Hill, USA
 
1992
Whim-Whams, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, USA
Remodeled, University of USA, College of Architecture, Charlotte, USA
Two Over, One Under, Pamela Joseph Estate, Pound Ridge, USA
Holy Rope, Rinjyo-in Temple, Chiba, Japan
Spring Forward, Fall Back, Tozurahara Art Park, Fujino Arts Village, Japan
Untitled, (in collaboration with landscape architect Tsutomu Kasai), Kakitagawa Museum, Mishima, Japan
 
1991
Homebound, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, USA
Virginia Reel, Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, USA
Spinning Yarns, Wilson Arts Council Gallery, Wilson, USA
Homemade, World Gallery, Asheville, USA
Round and Round Again, (in collaboration with sculptors Ron Fondaw and Karen Rifas), North Miami Beach Center of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA
Simple, Hard and Easy, Research Triangle Park, USA
Shuckinʼ and Jive, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, USA
Family Trees, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, USA
Rip-Rap, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Nooks and Nitches, Roanoke Museum of Fine Art, Roanoke, USA
In and Out the Window, Ness Gardens, The Wirral, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Portals, Pivots, and Perspectives, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, USA
Sacred Grove, Carteret Arts Council, Beaufort, USA
 
1990
Speedball, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Patrick Doughertyʼs Nature, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, USA
Urban Tangle, BMW Gallery, New York, USA
Spinoffs, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, USA
Out of Bounds, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, USA
Snowman, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA
Undertow, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, USA
Decked Out in Maple, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, USA
Shelterbelt, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, USA
Untitled, Hodges-Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, USA
 
1989
Shelters of Transition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA
Woodwinds, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, USA
Ollie, Ollie in Free, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA
Catch As Catch Can, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
Letʼs Give It a Whirl, 1989, St. Andrewʼs-Sewanee School, Sewanee, USA
Second Growth, Durham Arts Council, Durham, USA
The Terror of Split Ends, North Art Center Gallery, Atlanta, USA
Triage, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, USA
No Strings Attached, Columbus Museum, Columbus, USA
 
1988
Homespun, Mint Museum, Charlotte, USA
Rites of Passage, Eno Festival, Durham, USA
A Stitch in Time, The Art Center, Carrboro, USA
No Such Thing as Nervous, Broadway Windows, New York University, New York, USA
Shrubterranean, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, USA
Sailors Take Warning, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, USA
Rolla Coaster, Marin Civic Center Lagoon, San Rafael, USA
Highfalutinʼ, One World Trade Center, New York, USA
Two-Hut Tango, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, USA
Raring to Go, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, USA
 
1987
Cleveland Spinner, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, USA
Cornering the Market, Market House, Fayetteville, USA
Rites of Time, American Dance Festival, Durham, USA
Spiral-Bound, Mint Museum, Charlotte, USA
Turnabout Is Fair Play, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, USA
Window Installation, Man Bites Dog Theater, Durham, USA
 
1986
Topsy-Turvy, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, USA
Come Hell or High Water, Greenhill Center for USA Art, Greensboro, USA
Topiary Heroes, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
 
1985
Maple Sugar Daddies, Center Gallery, Carrboro, USA
Brushwork, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, USA
Radley House Sculpture, Duke University Drama Program, Durham, USA
Hanging around the South, Duke University Student Union, Durham, USA
Penland Yardage, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, USA
 
1984
From Hedges to Hirshhorn, Center Gallery, Carrboro, USA
 
1983
Waiting It Out in Maple, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, USA
 
1975–77
Handmade House, Chapel Hill, USA
 

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