In Your Eyes: Experiment like ESTAR(SER)

When we take a moment to slow down and look closely at a work of art, what stories might it tell us? What do we see that we may not have noticed at first? THE THIRD, MEANING: ESTAR(SER) Installs the Frye Collection (on view October 15, 2022–October 15, 2023) stages a diverse selection of works from the museum’s collection in a series of triads, or groupings of three, to create small conversations that are open to interpretation.

Inspired by THE THIRD, MEANING, the Frye invites visitors of all ages to create their own triads using magnetic reproductions of select collection artworks in a dynamic interactive space. Join us in the museum’s Education Wing to arrange these magnets in ways that explore visual elements of art, tell a story, or respond to ESTAR(SER)’s triads. Visitors can display their creations in this collective “gallery,” photograph them, and share them on Instagram using #MyFryeTriad.

In Your Eyes: Experiment Like ESTAR(SER) is organized by Michelle Cheng, former Director of Education and Community Partnerships; Caroline Byrd, former Manager of Tours and Public Programs; Yazmin Cojulun, Education Assistant; and Kelsey Donahue, Manager of School & Family Engagement. Generous support for this installation has been provided by the Frye Foundation and Frye Members.

Bierstadt, Albert
1871-1873
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
1975-1976
Burnham, Larry
1960-1971
Wallen, R. T.
1980
Register, John
1987
Hulburt, Lucille
1990
Ojih Odutola, Toyin
2014
Max, Gabriel von
1900-1915
van Veen, Pieter
1909-1919
Machetanz, Fred
1953
Henry, Mary
1975
Cumming, William
1980
Reskala, Georgina
2017
Unknown
1875-1900
Koester, Alexander Max
1895-1905
Washburn, Stan
1998
Ojih Odutola, Toyin
2014
Scheuerer, Julius
1907
Barnet, Will
1998
Fenton, Anne
2012
Angell, Tony
1984
Aranda, Juventino
2018
Benton, Thomas Hart
1922
Wolfe, Art
July 1979
Weingarten, Robert
2001
Ojih Odutola, Toyin
2014
Rosseau, Percival
1904
Schmid, Mathias
1886
Bratt, Byron
1980
Juvonen, Helmi Dagmar
1960-1985
Muñoz, Rie
1979
Yamahira, Ko Kirk
2019

Raven Watchers

Tony Angell

Steatite (soapstone)

1984

Untitled (Badlands)

Juventino Aranda

Oil on wool Pendleton blanket

2018

Between Life and Life

Will Barnet

Lithograph

1998

Chilmark

Thomas Hart Benton

Oil on canvas

1922

Rainbow in the Sierra Nevada

Albert Bierstadt

Oil on panel

1871-1873

The Changeling

Byron Bratt

Mezzotint and acrylic wash

1980

Las Piñatas (The Piñatas)

Larry Burnham

Oil on canvas

1960-1971

Poet at Big Sur

William Cumming

Tempera on board

1980

Landscape with Chad

Anne Fenton

Color photograph

2012