Audre Lorde, self-described as “black, lesbian, mother, warrior,
poet,” defined the term Biomythography, in her seminal piece
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name as “combining elements of
history, biography and myth.” The exhibition “Biomythography:
Currency Exchange” is the third in a series of
exhibitions curated by Chris Christion and Jessica
Wimbley (M.F.A., ‘05) that seek to investigate
biomythography as an interdisciplinary visual arts practice.
Alum Kelly McLane’s (MFA 1994) first solo exhibition,
“Peckerwoods,” is on display at the Denk Gallery in Los Angeles
from October 21 to November 22. “Peckerwoods” exhibits McLaren’s
newest works which “explore the darker dimensions of contemporary
American culture. Finding beauty in both its abhorrent and
redemptive aspects, McLane looks to nature as a trope for a
widespread sense of ideological sickness.”
Christopher Brown (MFA 1976) will have his 7th solo exhibition at
the Berggruen Gallery. “Christopher Brown: The Waters Sliding” is
an exhibition of new paintings and will be on view November 2
through December 23.
Steve Lambert’s (MFA 2006) gave the closing talk at the 2017 Eyeo Festival in Minneapolis.
He used the opportunity to ask the attendees – artists,
engineers from tech companies, marketers – to volunteer their
skills working with social movements. And he included some
stories he was eager to tell about the 2016 AIDS Conference!
Steve Lambert (MFA 2006) will be showing his “Wealth or
Happiness” and “Defeat the Ghosts” at ArtsWestchester’s
“Give Us The Vote” exhibit from October 10, 2017 to January 27,
2018.
ArtsWestchester’s “Give Us The Vote” is inspired by the 100th
anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York State. This
contemporary art exhibition in downtown White Plains examines the
state of voting rights in America today.
Steve Lambert’s (MFA 2006) street art installation
– “Capitalism
Works For Me! True/False” — has made its way
into The Discourses of Capitalism: Everyday Economists
and the Production of Common Sense. The
authors examined the discourses of capitalism taken up
by people in their responses to ”Capitalism Works For Me!
Alum Colby Claycomb (BA 2005) is one of five artists
participating in the exhibition “Object of Direct Experience”
organized by Alex Chowaniec and Markee Speyer for the
Lorimoto Gallery in New York. ”Object of Direct
Experience” runs from October 21 to November 19, 2017. Opening
reception takes place Saturday, October 21 from 6-9 pm
“3x” is an
ongoing series of micro-performances and presentations every
Wednesday night at the Wolfman New Life Quarterly Bookstore (644
40th Street). Two or three artists will perform or present three
roughly five minute sets at 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30. In “3x,” Zach
Clark (MFA 2016) and Angela Willetts (MFA 2016) will perform
their sets, along with Juan Matos. 3x offers an
experimental, serial space for audience and performer to break up
the predictable dynamics of an evening of performance.
Over the course of the last year, Zach Clark (MFA 2016)
has been in conversation with a handful of artists, writers,
and curators in the Bay Area regarding how the current political
and cultural climate effects our practice as creatives. As a
result of these conversations, Shirin Makaremi has curated a
show around this theme called “Reflections.” In addition to
Clark, artists Anh Bui, Anna Rotty, Azucena Hernandez, Leigh
Ann Coleman, Wesaam Al-Badry are participating.
Vincent
Pacheco (MFA, art, ’17) has a solo exhibition at
Aggregate Space
Gallery in Oakland Oct. 6 – Nov. 4. For the exhibition
“Totem – noun | to·tem | \ˈtō-təm\ A Natural Installation” he has
created narratives from dead and broken trees, tree stumps and
other found objects from the Sierra mountain forest he inhabits
to reveal the after-effects of logging, population growth,
tourism and climate change.
September 30-November 8, 2017
Reception October 13, 2017 from 6-9 pm
Terry Peterson (MFA 2012) is a sculptor who thrives on
repurposing objects to create living, breathing installations.
Much of his current series originated with a mummified fish,
leading the artist to explore ways in which objects from nature
mutate in surprising ways. His large-scale sculptural works
rotate, breathe, and make noise, and a re further activated by
video projection.
Mary Alison Lucas (MFA 2008) explores the processes of
contortion, pressure, slicing, smashing, stabbing, and stitching
while nurturing, supporting, and coating the materials in the
exhibition “Wild Ways.” These sculptures emerge from her
fascination with synergy, symbiosis, parasitic attraction,
repulsion, defined relationships in the natural world from
everyday human interactions to bacterial dynamics.
“Wild Ways” open through October 7th
and featuring Mike Helke and Bean Finneran in addition
to Lucas.
Group show curated by Michael Kukla with Hedwig Brouckaert,
Joan Grubin, Marietta Hoferer, Michael Kukla, Jaanika Peerna,
Susan Schwalb, Ilene Sunshine, Natalie Albaladejo, Claudie Dadu,
Jean Louis Gourreau, Joachim Griess, Lionel Laussedat, Doris
Schlaepfer and Venice Spescha.
April 5th – May 4th, 2018
Project: ARTspace
156 Fifth Ave., Suite 308
New York, NY 10010, USA
“Look Now”, curated by Daan Rau, includes works by Andrea
Aquilanti (I), Peter Bracke (B), Hedwig Brouckaert (B/US), Davide
d’Elia (I), Lieven Neirinck (B) and Massimo Uberti (I).
On view until October 15, 2017
Preview and opening by His Excellency Mr. Jan
Briers, Governor of the Province of East Flanders -
Belgiumon Friday September 22 at 6 pm
Palazzo Vendramin Costa
Fondamenta Ca Vendramin
Cannaregio 2396
Venezia, Italy
Big Pictures Los
Angeles is pleased to announce “Staring at
the Sun,” a Group exhibition featuring the work
of Aramis Gutierrez, Aaron Morse, Ariana Papademetropoulos,
and Mathew Zefeldt (MFA 2011).
“Conventional wisdom holds that the bonanza of New York summer
shows is little more than a sleepy pause before the fall season
kicks into gear. But it’s also a terrific time to scout group
exhibitions for the lesser-known talent on the cusp of wider
recognition—artists who will, with any justice, soon be given
their own solo-show spotlight in the city.” According to
Artsy, this includes Mathew Zefeldt (MFA 2011).
Claudia Alvarez (BA, UC Davis Art Studio, MFA, California College
of Arts in San Francisco) is creating an installation of
two-dimensional works inspired by the Mexican tradition of
ex-voto or retablo paintings. The structure of text and image
will be a point of departure for social commentary,
autobiographical and broader issues. Her project “Huertas
(Orchards)” will be on-site live in Las Galerias from August
2-November 5,2017 at the El Museo Del Barrio in New York
City.
May Wilson (MFA, art,
’13) has won the
2017 San Francisco Artist Award from The San Francisco Art
Dealers Association (SFADA). As winner, she will have a solo
exhibition at the Themes + Projects gallery, Minnesota Street
Project, 1275 Minnesota St., September 9 – 30.
BLUEorange is proud to present the epic telling of Motion
Pictures, a “so low” show featuring the new drawings and
paintings of Matthew Kelly Debbaudt (MFA 2015).
“rumor has it, that sometime in the year twenty fifteen, matthew
kelly debbaudt’s imaginary penis was brutally severed at
fingerprint by some kind of dark menacing demon. supposedly, the
massive loss of blood catapulted him into a very deep coma.
trapped in his own head, for some reason, he transformed into
“KNOWBODY” — his no longer dormant superego imp.