Furen Dai

New England Triennial 2022

April 8, 2022 – October 2, 2022

Fruitlands Museum

The New England Triennial 2022 recognizes the vitality of contemporary art across the Northeast amid the recent years of upheaval and transformation. Spanning two museum venues—deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum and Fruitlands Museum.

Prioritizing change over stability, many of the artists’ practices involve processes of unmaking and remaking—patching things together, dissecting, and rebuilding forms using discarded parts. Their collective artistry reveals interconnected tendencies: a focus on kinship and ancestral lineages; a search for one’s place in the world; the visualization of data; themes of ruin and decay, and processes of alchemical transmutation. Artists in this exhibition grapple with difficult and unjust moments of history and contemporary life. Some employ generations-old creative traditions in poetic, passionate, and informed ways. Altogether, their work unearths hidden energies and stories surfacing at a time defined by change and resilience.

deCordova Artists: Elizabeth Atterbury, Ann Craven, Jeremy Frey, Merik Goma, Kate Greene, Meena Hasan, Baxter Koziol, Jodie Mack, Anina Major, Marla McLeod, Elle Pérez, Estefania Puerta, Allison Maria Rodriguez, Em Rooney, Michelle Segre, Nafis M. White

Fruitlands Artists: Sascha Braunig, Edwige Charlot, Ann Craven, David Antonio Cruz, Furen Dai, Brenda Garand, Shaina Gates, Harry Gould Harvey IV, Jarrett Key, Heather Lyon

Organized by Sarah Montross, Senior Curator, deCordova, and Shana Dumont Garr, Curator, Fruitlands, with Krista Alba, Curatorial Assistant, deCordova. Additional exhibition support by Sam Adams, former Koch Curatorial Fellow, and Elizabeth Upenieks, former Curatorial Assistant.