LigoranoReese

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April 26 – October 18, 2025

Lobby view of "Vanishing Finish," 49 blue cyanotype prints of endangered species arranged on a white wall
View of "Borrowed Time," a a series of six clocks, each presenting before-and-after images of natural disasters

 

Multimedia artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, known collectively as LigoranoReese, have worked across various media throughout their 40-year collaboration. Their projects often engage with current events, ranging from public monuments made of ice that intentionally melt in place to fiber optic data tapestries that respond to the real-time flow of digital information. Their latest works, featured in Sympoiesis: Co-Creating Sense of Place, explore the exhibition’s central theme of collaborative creation and the dynamic, interconnected systems that shape our world. Vanishing Finish – comprised of 49 cyanotype prints of endangered species – is installed in the Art Museum’s lobby. The rotunda gallery features Borrowed Time, a series of six clocks, each with a lenticular face presenting before-and-after images of a natural disaster. LigoranoReese’s work highlights how art can act as both a reflection and a catalyst for deeper engagement with the world around us.

 

Images: LigoranoReese, Vanishing Finish, 2024, cyanotype on Sekishu;

Borrowed Time, 2023-2024, plastic wall clocks, digital lenticular prints, edition 6/9, courtesy of the artists.

Funded through the generosity of the Susan Moldenhauer FUNd for Contemporary Art, the Patricia R. Guthrie Special Exhibitions Gallery Endowment, WE Soda, and By Western Hands.

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