Athenaeum The Athenaeum is home to the Northern
Virginia Fine Arts Association. The programs of the NVFAA include art exhibitions and performances in the Gallery.
LOCATION 201 Prince Street Alexandria Virgina 22314 703-548-0035 nvfaa@nvfaa.org
HOURS AND ADMISSION Hours are from Noon to 4PM Thursday through Sunday admission is free
Athenaeum TXT MSG Song for Europe Mark Cameron Boyd Four Letter Words John James Anderson August 16 - September 21 With TXT MSG, John James Anderson and Mark Cameron Boyd
make an artistic exploration touching on letters as design icons, the
meaning of words and how their impact resonates beyond their mere
definition, and interactive experiences that reflect a world view of
language and art.
Song for Europe Mark Cameron Boyd Song for Europe
is a participatory installation by Mark Cameron Boyd. The artist uses
his signature "text-bisection" process on a series of chalkboard panels
to address four languages with European origins - Greek, Latin, French
and English - whose influence pervades Western culture. Boyd invites
viewers to attempt to read and decipher the bisected sentences and
participate in the works with the provided chalk Boyd has shown at American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, The
Warehouse, Meat Market Gallery and Prada Gallery and was a 2007
Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalist at Maryland Institute College of Art in
Baltimore. He currently teaches art theory at Corcoran College of Art
+ Design in Washington, D.C. Boyd along
with Dr. Lisa Lipinski, Corcoran and Catholic University of America art
history professor, will present a gallery talk on Sunday, September 7
at 5:00. The topic of the discussion will be the relationship of Boyd's
Song for Europe installation to the work of French poststructuralist Jacques Derrida.
Song for Europe: Signs are not thoughts (English), Mark Cameron Boyd
Four Letter Words John James Anderson Anderson's Four Letter Words is
a celebration of typography, language, and modular art, that challenges
the vulgar and simple connotations surrounding 'four-letter words.'
More than 200 eight-square-inch paintings explore the various
subtleties our language possesses: homophones, homonyms and
onomatopoeia. Anderson is an adjunct professor of art and new media at
American University, The Corcoran College of Art and Design, George
Mason University, and George Washington University.
