Open Studios at VCCA: Renate Schuermeyer and peanuts!

Renate Schuermeyer (web site in german) had her open studios today and revealed her awesome installations:

Renate has done a variety of different projects that she shared in a talk a few weeks ago, she showed us fantastic site-specific installations many having to do with German history. She didn't have anything specific planned for her time here at VCCA and had the added challenges of not being able to bring much with her from Germany and of trying to get materials here in Amherst.

She created different installations (or sculptures) using golden peanuts to explore the idea that peanuts means "little money" in German. The pieces are formally beautiful but also just really funny.

Each piece created lovely different surfaces. I really want to go draw peanuts now. I never noticed how beautiful they really are, the shapes are really entrancing when you start looking at them carefully.