5th Annual Juried Exhibition: 'So you think you’re too old to...'

‘SO YOU THINK I’M TOO OLD TO…’:
A LOOK AT HOW OLDER ARTISTS EXCEL AS THE YEARS PROGRESS.

February 1–May 3, 2025
Opening Reception: February 1, 2025, 3pm - 5pm

There is a story, not sufficiently touted, of artists finding their best creative energy as they enter their senior years. Arguably, Louise Bourgeois created her best works, her spiders and cells, well into her 80’s, after leaving behind the totemic works that so mimicked her male counterparts.   Is it the freedom offered by a lifetime of observation and integration of the interior psyche with outer data?  Is it the freedom that age offers to be introspective, to not bow to external critique and judgement.

HVMOCA is an institution first to show over a hundred artists who then came to renown., mostly younger artists.  But it has also taken great pride in championing the work of artists who came to the fore much later such as Phyllida Barlow, hitting her stride in her late 60’s.

Now, for its 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, HVMOCA features works by 68 artists, ages 62-94, culled from an open RFP on CAFE, and placed within the context of art history.  We are especially interested in the works by artists who reached their prime in their more advanced years.

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