Will to Meaning

February 18, 2023 – May 12, 2024

Images from left to right: May Ling Kopecky Self Portrait - Multiple Sclerosis and My Body, 2022 colored pencil, ink, and graphite on Dura-Lar and graph paper; 71" x 30" ︎︎︎Image description: The portrait of a woman with brown hair is made of drawings of various parts of her body created using various techniques. Next to each drawing is a description of the portaied symptoms. Benjamin Merrit Care is, 2020 etching, aquatint, drypoint, sugarlift, spitbite; image 18 x 24”, full sheet 22 x 30” ︎︎︎Image description: One black and white print, consisting of “care is” written in white on the top half, and a white rectangle on the bottom half. The text is sitting on a dark field of texture and gestural marks, the blank rectangle consists of faint texture. Kym McDaniel Screenshot from Exit Strategy #1, Exit Strategies Series, 2017-2021 video series; 40:23 min ︎︎︎Image description: Silver spoons arranged on a table

Will to Meaning

Anne Labovitz

Atrium Installation

Anne Labovitz created an artwork specifically for Rochester Art Center's soaring, three-story atrium to respond to the light, air and unique architecture of the atrium space. Entitled, Will to Meaning, the enormous artwork is 40-feet by 35-feet by 5-feet is made of vibrantly painted Tyvek® scrolls that subtly move and create an ever-changing interplay with the abundant natural light that filters in from the overhead skylights and surrounding windows. Will to Meaning is on display through 2023.

About the Artist

Labovitz received a BA, Art & Psychology, Minor: Art Education & Art History from Hamline University (1989) and an MFA from Transart, Plymouth University, NYC, Berlin (2017). She has an extensive exhibition history, exhibiting nationally and internationally. Upcoming and current projects include solo exhibitions at Athenaeum in La Jolla, CA (2023) and the Minnesota State Capitol (2024), 122 Conversations: Person to Person: Art Beyond Borders at the Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport, and the I Love You Institute.

Labovitz’s work is held in many private and public collections, including Walker Art Center; Minneapolis, MN; Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, MN; Frederick R Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN; Minnesota Museum of American Art; The Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN; The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA; Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul, MN; International Gallery of Portrait, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Växjö Kommun, Sweden; Isumi City Offices, Japan; University of Raparin, Rania Iraqi Kurdistan; and City of Petrozavodsk, Russia.

Labovitz is currently Adjunct Professor and Mentor at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, in the Master of Fine Arts program.

More information is available at labovitz.com.

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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.