Exhibits Events
Monday, August 27, 2012
Faculty Exhibition: In Two Parts
Monday, August 27 12:00 pm - Saturday, September 15 4:00 pm - Art Design Center (AC)
http://www.csun.edu/artgalleries
Reception: Saturday, September 8 4-7pm
The fall semester starts with a two-part exhibition featuring the CSUN Art Department's full-time faculty artists. Each part will allow the artists ample room to exhibit more comprehensive current bodies of work. Part One includes work by Edward Alfano, Patsy Cox, Paula DiMarco, Samantha Fields, and Joy vonWolffersdorff.
Gallery Hours are Mon-Sat 12-4, Thurs 12-8. Closed Monday, September 3.
Liu Bolin: The Sociology of the Invisible Body
Monday, August 27 - Saturday, September 15 All Day - Art Gallery (AG)
http://www.csun.edu/artgalleries
Reception: Saturday, September 8 4-7pm
Gallery Talk: Wednesday, September 5 10am
Through Performance photographs and sculptures if the internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Liu Bolin, this exhibition explores the interaction of art and society in contemporary China and the complex relationship between individuals and the living environment that they at once rely upon and are confined within. Works included in this exhibition focus on Liu's observation and comment of the political, economic and social environment that has shaped the way Chinese people perceive themselves in a rapidly changing contemporary society. They also reveal the tension between individuals and society. They also reveal the tension between individuals and society as a whole, a topic that shares a worldwide relevance.
West Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 12-4pm, Thurs 12-8pm
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Fantastic & Strange: Exhibition Opening
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room, Oviatt Library
http://library.csun.edu/blogs/goingson/fantastic-strange-opening/
Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room, Oviatt Library
Please join us and featured speaker David Brin, best-selling science fiction writer, futurist, and astronomer, for the opening of our latest gallery exhibition, Fantastic & Strange: Reflections of Self in Science Fiction Literature. Reception, exhibition opening, and book signing to follow program.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Oviatt Library. Parking $6.00. Persons with disabilities needing assistance and deaf and hard of hearing persons needing interpreters, please call in advance for arrangements.
Fantastic & Strange: Reflections of Self in Science Fiction Literature
Tuesday, September 18 - Friday, July 26 All Day - Tseng Gallery, Oviatt Library
http://library.csun.edu/blogs/goingson/fantastic-strange/
Science fiction literature, one of the most popular and entertaining genres in modern fiction, has been read and loved by children and adults for decades. From the earliest pulp publications to modern masterpieces, science fiction short stories and novels have often functioned as a lens through which we express our sense of wonder, marvel at the possibilities of new technologies, and engage in our wildest imaginings. Join us as we celebrate the fantastic and strange in science fiction literature.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Faculty Exhibition: In Two Parts
Saturday, September 22 12:00 pm - Saturday, October 13 4:00 pm - Art Gallery (AG)
http://www.csun.edu/artgalleries
Gallery Talk: Monday, September 24 10am
Closing Reception: Saturday, October 13 4-7pm
The CSUN Art Department's faculty exhibition continues with Part Two and includes current bodies of work by Mark Farquar, Jim Kelley, Lesley Krane, Laurel Long, Michelle Rozic and Christian Tedeschi.
Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 12-4pm, Thurs 12-8pm
Burning Wall Street
Saturday, September 22 - Saturday, October 13 All Day - Art Gallery (AG)
http://www.csun.edu/artgalleries
Gallery Talk: Monday, September 24 10am
Closing Reception: Saturday, October 13 4-7pm
The Burning Wall Street installation combine a miniaturized Wall Street replete with matchstick banks and mixed media "occupiers" and the infamous burning bank paintings by artist Alex Schaefer, whose work inspired this project. Organized by Art Education Professor Edie Pistolesi, with 150 students participating in creating this project, Burning Wall Street is dedicated to the "99%".
West Gallery Hours: Mon-Sat 12-4pm, Thurs 12-8pm