In her 2½-minute video “Amulet,” award-winning artist Helen Lee shows her own image morphing into that of her young daughter Cicada. Both are dressed in black and framed by a black background, reciting Zhuyin Fuhao, a Chinese phonetic alphabet used today, Lee says, only in Taiwan and by the Chinese diaspora.
UW-Madison’s Helen Lee, a recent winner of the prestigious United States Artists Fellowship, created the wall-sized artwork “Brood,” composed of “generations” of glass cicadas with deep cultural meaning on exhibit through March 7 at the Arts + Literature Laboratory.
Helen Lee gestures near her artwork “Brood” at the Arts + Literature Laboratory. The glass cicada shapes have many levels of meaning and are modeled after origami cicadas that the artist often folds with her daughter.
16:9–Reframing Glass with May Maylisa Cat: Thursday, Chazen Museum of Art lobby and auditorium, 750 University Ave.; reception 5 to 6 p.m.; film screening 6 to 8 p.m. Free and open to the public. Details at glasslab.art.wisc.edu/glassmadison.
"Exuviae": Works by Helen Lee, plus "Indeterminate Objects," curated by Helen Lee, along with other art exhibitions; through March 7 at Arts + Literature Lab, 111 S. Livingston St., open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Details at artlitlab.org.
"Look What Harvey Did": Exhibition focused on Harvey K. Littleton’s Legacy in the Simona and Jerome Chazen Collection of Studio Glass, through Aug. 16 at the Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave. Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends, chazen.wisc.edu.
Glass Madison: Watch for an upcoming Neon Walking Tour with Helen Lee this spring and a student glass exhibit this summer at glasslab.art.wisc.edu/glassmadison.
UW-Madison’s Helen Lee, a recent winner of the prestigious United States Artists Fellowship, created the wall-sized artwork “Brood,” composed of “generations” of glass cicadas with deep cultural meaning on exhibit through March 7 at the Arts + Literature Laboratory.
Helen Lee gestures near her artwork “Brood” at the Arts + Literature Laboratory. The glass cicada shapes have many levels of meaning and are modeled after origami cicadas that the artist often folds with her daughter.
