By way of Seth Thompson:
Original Message:
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From: Mark Soppeland [email protected]
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 01:59:57 -0500
Subject: A call for video artists for Man and Beast
Dear Video Artist:
The exhibition Man and Beast opens April 4, 2005 at the Emily Davis
Gallery of the Myers School of Art.
We plan to show a collection of video/dvd works during the show that
address the show's theme of presenting various aspects of the
relationship between humans and animals in areas such as religion,
mythology, sport, pets, food, genetic engineering and animal rights.
Selection of works to be included in the exhibition will be made by
the show's curator Mark Soppeland.
We are hoping to receive all video work by March 15 for consideration.
The following is the press release.
CONTACT:Diana Watt, 330-972-5951
Or, Rod Bengston, 330-972-5950
SUMMARY:MAN AND BEAST, PART II OF REGIONAL COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITION AT
THE EMILY DAVIS ART GALLERY, THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, OPENS APRIL 4 -
27
The University of Akron's Mary Schiller Myers School of Art announces a
major show in the Emily Davis Gallery entitled Man and Beast, Part II
of Regional Collections, from April 4 to April 27, 2005. Curated by
Myers School Professor of Art, Mark Soppeland, the exhibition examines
the relationships between humans and animals, and raises questions
about the distinctions and definitions of arts, crafts, commodities,
and artifacts.
The Man and Beast exhibition presents a historically and culturally
diverse range of attitudes in the use of animal imagery in art, craft,
design, and encompasses a wide range of related fields including
industrial design, fashion, and furniture design. Organized around
various themes such as The Innocent Witness, Loving Them to Death,
Making a Living and Designer Beasts, the exhibition explores varied and
changing cultural attitudes toward animals in the contexts of religion,
mythology, sports, commercial symbols, and as pets. Other issues
consider animal rights, genetic engineering, animals as food and
clothing, and extinction.
The exhibition will present over four hundred astonishing
items and will include works by Gary Baseman, Alexander Calder, Vince
CiannI, Red Grooms, Claus Oldenburg, Komar and Melamid, William Wegman,
Andy Warhol, Mark Mothersbaugh, Wayne Thiebaud, Donald Roller Wilson
and recent MacArthur Grant winner Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.
The Emily Davis Gallery located in Folk Hall at the Myers School of
Art, 150 E. Exchange St, on The University of Akron campus, is free and
open to the public. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday,
Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday; 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Wednesday and
Thursday. The gallery is closed on Sunday.
For additional information, contact the Art Event Office at the Myers
School of Art: 330.972.5951 or via email: [email protected]
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Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
[email protected]
http://www.wigged.net
Call for video artists for Man and Beast exhibition
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