Bruce Nauman鈥檚 new digital artwork featured
Acclaimed artist Bruce Nauman (MFA 1966) was recently featured in The New York Times for his latest art piece: Nature Morte, an interactive digital artwork activated by an iPad touchscreen and projected at high resolution on a gallery wall, depicting the artist鈥檚 studio in New Mexico in forensic detail. The article discusses Nauman鈥檚 creative process and features snippets of the exhibition. Nauman is known for his wide range of diverse mediums, including his own body, language, sound, film, video, neon, holograms and 3D technology. His practice has expanded the traditional boundaries of art-making, reflecting the perceptions, preconceptions and contradictions which characterize our existence in the world. His work was featured at Sperone Westwater Gallery in New York through Nov. 14. To read the NY Times article, click . To read more about Nauman鈥檚 current and past works at Sperone Westwater, click .
Wayne Thiebaud turns 100
Wayne Thiebaud turned 100 on Nov. 15, the subject of multiple media interviews and exhibitions regionally. In a recent interview published by the Wall Street Journal, Thiebaud reflects on his life and artwork. To mark his centenary, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento has arranged an exhibition of 100 of his pieces, many of which have not been displayed to the public before. The exhibition went on display on Oct. 16 and was temporarily closed due to COVID restrictions last week. It鈥檚 available virtually . To read the Wall Street interview, click .
New Opera by alumni under consideration for 鈥淎perture鈥
Two 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 alumni are among 20 composer-librettist pairs preparing a new opera for consideration to be performed at West Edge Opera鈥檚 鈥淎perture鈥 project. 鈥淎perture鈥 is an online performance space for new opera works, which launches in November 2020.
composer (doctorate in Music, 鈥20), and librettist (M.A., Creative Writing, 鈥19), have titled their new work School for Girls Who Lost Everything in the Fire. The piece is a social tale about a group of orphaned girls finding the hope to rebuild their lives in a Catholic school in the aftermath of destruction amid mysterious phenomena.
Suleiman and Fr铆es previously collaborated on Moon, Bride, Dogs.
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Alums Zeina Baltagi and Caz Azevedo collaborate in exhibition
Zeina Baltagi and Caz Azevedo, both MFA 2020, were in conversation on Nov. 14 via Zoom as part of the opening reception of her work at Azevedo鈥檚 Gallery. She discussed her current artist lecture series at 11:11 A Creative Collective where she has a residency. Baltagi鈥檚 residency includes her ongoing project MARKETPLACE, which uses mirrored liquor signs as a literal and metaphorical reflection of her experience working within a 24/7 surveyed and recorded gas station. Her project observes what happens when people of all classes, genders, races and abilities intersect within a common space. Baltagi鈥檚 show will run through Jan. 7 as a revolving exhibition. To read more about Baltagi鈥檚 artwork at Azevedo, click . To learn more about her 11:11 lecture series and residency, click .
Alum Wins Caldera Art Residency
Congratulations to alum Tavarus Blackmon (MFA 2018), recipient of a residency for spring 2021.
Grad Julia Elsas at Cooler Gallery
by Julia Elsas (MFA 鈥09) is an installation of 1,250 microtonal porcelain chimes now on display at in Brooklyn, NY until Nov. 28. Visitors are invited to interact with the installation and play the chimes, with felt hand mallets provided, adding their own music to a continuous loop in the cooler space. The sound loop was created by musicians Kenny Wollesen and William Shore, together with Elsas.
Elsas created Chime Choir to be an encompassing communal instrument that people could move in and out of and play freely, simultaneously alone and together over a span of time.
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Blog compiled by 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 Media Relations Intern Hayley Morris.