Gallery Talk With Artist Rachel Owens on February 29 at HMA

On Saturday, February 29, 2020 join artist Rachel Owens for an exclusive walkthrough of her current solo exhibition: “The Hypogean Tip” at the Housatonic Museum of Art. During this free event, which begins at 2pm, Owens will share her artistic process and her interest in history and society when there is gender/racial equality, social, and economic justice.

“The Hypogean Tip” exhibition explores both Bridgeport’s and our larger nation’s past. The show is comprised of sculptures rendered in various materials, including large-scale casts in broken glass from the porch of the home of Mary Freeman (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) and works cast in coal and marble dust that invoke P.T. Barnum’s specter as well as his adverse impact on the historic community, Little Liberia.

The word Hypogean comes from the Greek words hypo (under) and Gaia (earth) together meaning underground. From the sea bed to coal-burning to stepping above and re-experiencing our community, the show is both a tip, as in a bit of information, and a tip, as in toppling, of our expectations of what is above and what is below.

The exhibit will be on view through Saturday, March 21, 2020. Additional free programming to accompany the exhibition includes a performance on March 5th by artist Lachell Workman, who will engage with the history of housing in Bridgeport, CT spanning from the work of the Freeman sisters to today.

The Housatonic Museum of Art is located in Lafayette Hall on the HCC campus at 900 Lafayette Blvd. in Bridgeport, CT. The galleries are open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday evening until 7 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. To learn more visit https://museum.housatonic.edu/ or call 203-332-5052.