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October 2, 2003::No.63

Convergence

Who: Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Gallery
   
What: Jay S. Willis: CONVERGENCE
   
Where: Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center
Project Gallery
125 North Broadway, Santa Ana, CA
   
When: Through October 26, 2003
   
Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday,
   
Background:

Artist Statement:

In 2000, I began addressing the interior space of the ring. For years I had been fascinated by images of the Japanese Zen gardens, but I felt uncomfortable just adapting or using them without feeling a clear sense or appreciation of their essence. I began visiting gardens, walking their paths, and discovered the unique qualities they hold. Labyrinths often placed in the floors of churches provided the parishioners with a means to fulfill a pilgrimage. I began to see the Zen garden icon as possessing similar qualities as the labyrinth and would suggest that the labyrinth floor sculptures are analogous to Japanese Zen wall icons.

Jay Willis received his MA in sculpture in 1966 from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an exhibiting artist who also is currently a professor at USC and the Founding Director of the Public Arts Studies program at USC. His work is in numerous private, corporate and museum collections including, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Walker Hill Art Museum, Seoul, Korea, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.

   
Admission: FREE
   
General Info: Grand Central Art galleries at 714-567-7233
   
Internet Site: www.grandcentralartcenter.com or www.fullerton.edu/arts/events/
   
Media Contacts: Marilyn Moore, Cal State Fullerton Art Gallery at 657-278-7750
Andrea Harris, Grand Central Art Center at (714) 567-7233
Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at 657-278-2434