Richard Saja 2009
I have sadly never been to Vermont, and now I have yet one more reason to want to go. Richard Saja has overtaken the Kalkin House at the Shelburne Museum with an exhibit called "The Bright and Shining Light of Irreverence: Richard Saja and the Historically Inaccurate School":
"New York textiles designer Richard Saja channels his cheeky sense of humor and sophisticated style into transforming the interior of Shelburne Museum’s Kalkin House into a 19th - century salon infused with his characteristic “historically inaccurate” take on tradition.
The site-specific installation includes new works in a variety of materials inspired by archetypal salon décor and objects in Shelburne Museum’s collections, including quilts, sillouhette portraits and needlework."
Also included in the exhibition is a salon-style installation of human-animal portraits of the artist which he commissioned from colleagues. You can preview these works on his Salon of Love and Horror blog. The whole wonderful extravaganza opens on May 17th and will be up until October 25th, so plenty of time to plan a trip up north.
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