• 03-05-2009
Delivering Ransom: An interview with Pitzer's Emerging Artist-in-Residence, William Ransom
IE Weekly
• 01-31-2009
Natural Art. Lenzner Family Gallery hosts exhibition by Pitzer College's first artist-in-residence
Claremont Courier
• 01-30-2009
Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video 1986-2008
EYEBALL: Media Arts Webzine, Korea
• January/February 2009
Broad Scope: Review of Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video 1986/2008
Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, 36.4
• 11-19-2008
Engaging her audience: Pitzer procures new gallery director
Claremont Courier
• 10-31-2008
Reframing Global Video Part 1, Part 2,
Part 3
art:21 blog
• 10-30-2008
Pitzer's Narrowcast: Guilt By Association
IE Weekly
• 09-24-2008
Pitzer College Art Collection receives a new acquisition: Sandeep Mukerjee, Untitled (2008)
• 07-23-2008“Uncommon Practice” reviewed in The Press-Enterprise and Inland Empire Weekly
• 04-10-2008
“The Art of Curatorial Authorship”
IE Weekly
Kyugmi Shin
Babel: The Chaos of Melancholy
Kyugmi Shin
NICHOLS GALLERY, Pitzer College
July 16 – September 11, 2009
Opening Reception: July 16, 2009, 6-8pm
Los Angeles based Korean American artist, Kyungmi Shin, will develop a site-specific installation for the Nichols Gallery at Pitzer College. Synthesizing and expanding upon many of the formal and conceptual themes explored in her recent projects, this solo exhibition is Shin's most ambitious work to date.
Babel: The Chaos of Melancholy takes its name from a quotation cited in Robert Burton's infamous work, the Anatomy of Melancholy (1621). Written to combat the debilitating effects of depression, Burton compares the "confusion of tongues"—in the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel—with the eviscerating effects of melancholy. Taking Burton's quotation as her starting point, Shin's creates a sprawling, vertiginous installation reaching from the second floor mezzanine to the gallery floor below. Comprised of scrap metals, recycled plastic, discarded building materials, trash, photo collage and glass, the 25 foot high installation faces a large-scale projection on the opposing wall. Featuring video footage from Dubai juxtaposed with clips from a shantytown near Shin's studio home in Ghana, the work raises challenging issues about class, race, economics and global politics. Furthermore, Shin's recycled and scrap materials collaged together references the make-shift and impoverished shantytowns ubiquitous in certain parts of the world and contrasts them with the wealth displayed in 'uber' rich communities elsewhere.
Karen Lofgren
Emerging Artist Series #2
Karen Lofgren
Lenzner Family Art Gallery, Pitzer
July 23 – September 11, 2009
Closing Reception: September 10, 2009
In the second Emerging Artist series, Los Angeles based Canadian artist Karen Lofgren creates a site-specific project for the Lenzner Family Art Gallery at Pitzer College. Lofgren's richly evocative and provoking objects—a gigantic gold-linked chain, a life-size unicorn made from Christmas lights and transparent tape and golden chain spider webs—are made from a collection of unusual substances and materials that can be both somber and absurd. Alluding to a host of diverse references—minimalism, corporate architecture, rock and consumer culture aesthetics—Lofgren's highly unique, 'life-scale' sculptural works and installations tackle a range of subjects including medieval alchemy, natural history, politics and philosophy. Alluding to multiple narratives, the works wrestle with their materiality and deliver a highly satisfying visual experience. For the Lenzner Gallery, Lofgren will flood the floor with gold puddles.
Capitalism in Question (because it is)
Open call for juried exhibition
Guest Juror:
Daniel Joseph Martinez
The Center for Social Inquiry at Pitzer College and the Pitzer Art Galleries are pleased to announce an open call for art works addressing the broad theme of "CAPITALISM IN QUESTION (because it is)."
The rampant capitalism of the last decade, and its recent catastrophic crisis, has left us in a peculiar and unfamiliar space. Capitalist economic ideology and practices are suddenly under renewed scrutiny. "CAPITALISM IN QUESTION (because it is)" invites artists to explore our current economic predicament and to consider a range of alternatives to it. Visual artwork in all media—painting, installation, sculpture and photography—is encouraged.
All materials for consideration should be submitted by 7/20/2009 to:
Ciara Ennis, Director, Pitzer Art Galleries, 1050 North Mills Ave., Claremont, CA 91711 FMI: CapinQuestArt@Pitzer.Edu. Please make submissions in the following format: cd with images, dvd or powerpoint. Send artist statement and c.v.
Launch: Writ Large
Open call for Text Artists
Pitzer Art Galleries announce the launch of Writ large a new exhibition project site for text work. Writ Large invites artists working with text to produce a temporary site-specific work for the curved wall of an interior staircase connecting the first and second floors of the Nichols Gallery. The wall is viewable from the main and balcony galleries yet occupies a distinct space all its own. Measuring 15 feet high by 10 feet wide the work will remain on view for 4 months. Each project will have its own announcement card, be celebrated by a reception for the artist(s), and will be featured on Pitzer Art Galleries website.