SALUTARY (adjective): “Producing a beneficial effect” or “promoting health”

It is well established that art has salutary effects, both for makers and for their viewers, audiences, and participants. The healing of mind, body, and spirit permeates this exhibition, not only as subject matter, but as actual practice. Salutary Sculpture features a selection of eight artists who use sculpture, photography, video, drawings, and performance to explore art’s capacity as a therapeutic tool for adaptation, recovery, and rehabilitation. Many of the artists gathered came to their current work through a process of their own physical and/or psychic recovery.

“Laumeier is in a unique position to help promote well-being through art and through nature. The artists assembled here address a range of personal experiences and research interests, and each artwork in the exhibition reveals the power of art as a therapeutic tool. We hope visitors will find inspiration in how these artists use their creativity as a way to heal the body and mind and as a process to work through individual—and sometimes societal—trauma and tackle adversity.” - Dana Turkovic, co-curator

Basil Kincaid blurs the lines between craft, sculpture, costume, and performance. His works feature quilting, a practice that has been in his family for seven generations. One piece will be presented inside the gallery. The other has been wrapped around an outdoor work in Laumeier’s collection by Manuel Neri, where it will remain throughout the winter, as a nurturing gesture.

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