Frye Art Museum presents Degenerate Art Ensemble
Degenerate Art Ensemble Exhibition
FRYE ART MUSEUM
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: March 19-June 19, 201
Degenerate Art Ensemble has been known for ambitious collaborative projects with the most inventive interdisciplinary minds anywhere. This year’s collaboration with the Frye Art Museum represents the most important and ambitious undertaking yet.
The first art exhibition and museum project showcasing Degenerate Art Ensemble is the culmination of a year-long dialogue between Frye Art Museum curator Robin Held and the artists of DAE. The survey of the group’s work will fill almost the entire museum, featuring 14 artists and five large scale works inspired by the ambitious all-sensory productions the group is known for creating: a Weeble Wobble princess that battles ninjas, a surgery ice cream truck, a tuning nest in a listening forest, and the Slug Princess that devours cabbages in a microscopic world.
For many, Degenerate Art Ensemble is a performance group that has been elusive, performing one-night huge extravaganzas packed into a two-balcony theater or sometimes an undisclosed location. This is an opportunity to see Degenerate Art Ensemble as no one, newcomer or long time follower, has ever seen them before. Degenerate Art Ensemble exhibition runs for three months from March 19 to June 19 and there will be four performances of Red Shoes in May and June giving audiences an epic evening long, neighborhood wide presence.
© Degenerate Art Ensemble (text from degenerateartensemble.com)
It has been a tremendous honor for me to collaborate with this astounding group of artists. They have inspired and challenged me and my work more than any other. As part of the exhibition at the Frye Art Museum, I have created the dress and wig for the Weeble Wobble Princess. Costumes that I have designed and created for past performances will also be part of the show in photographs and video installations. It will be an unforgettable experience to attend this multifaceted, interdisciplinary project, participate in the public events, and behold the performances.
A giant thank you to the DAE, the Frye Museum, and to my family and friends for supporting me in making the work and giving me the opportunity to be a part of this momentous project.
~Ruthie
Ruthie, I was at the Frye last week and psychotically loved the Degenerate exhibit! I didn’t know you were part of it but it figures! So amazing. xoxo