‘PROJECT 7: Louis Zoellar Bickett’

Welcome to a partial viewing of The Archive, Lexington artist Louis Zoellar Bickett’s home away from home. Or, more accurately, art away from home. Beginning in 1972, Bickett started creating art installations with the objects of his daily life. The items are arranged, cataloged and tagged, then recorded in a reference index. Andy Warhol used to put a cardboard box on his desk that he filled up with whatever passed through his hands (The Warhol Museum is still going through all the boxes). Bickett is doing Warhol one better, by actively archiving portions of his life as it happens. The exhibition at Zephyr Gallery, curated by Julien Robson, is a peek into that world. Bickett and Robson are giving a talk on Wednesday, May 20 at 6 p.m.

THROUGH MAY 30

Zephyr Gallery
610 E. Market St.
585-5646
http://zephyrgallery.org

About the Author

‘PROJECT 7: Louis Zoellar Bickett’

Jo Anne Triplett is the contributing visual arts editor at LEO Weekly. She’s a past member of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Public Art, was the content advisor on the Glassworks Building video, and has written for Louisville Magazine, Kentucky Homes and Gardens and the national publication Glass Craftsman. Jo Anne came to Louisville from Washington, D.C. where she worked as a researcher and writer for the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

 

 

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