Friday – August 7, 2015
Seven local museums are currently participating in a cooperative venture called The Seven Deadly Sins. I wondered how these public institutions determined which vice was theirs. Nonetheless, the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art drew the short straw and was awarded “Lust.”
Each of the museums selected art works which they felt represented their particular sin. The difficulty of promoting an exhibit about “Lust” was evident at HVCCA. The art center decided to have their main exhibition area devoted to “Love” and reserved a small upstairs over-18-years-only gallery to their designated deadly sin.
On arrival at HVCCA, we were greeted by one of my favorite Robert Indiana sculptures: Love. I took a few photos of some of the other artworks which I have posted here.
It was a very interesting exhibit and now I want to visit the other museums to see their artistic interpretations of the other Deadly Sins. Hmmm…. Sloth? Wrath? Greed? Gluttony? Pride? Envy?