From Similar Origins to Remarkable Visions: Eight Alumni
Cal State Fullerton Alumni Art Exhibition
James Lorigan's "The Joker"
Who
Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery
What
From Similar Origins to Remarkable Visions: Eight Alumni
When
Tuesday, Sept. 2 through Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, 5-8 p.m.
Hours
12-4 p.m. Tuesday - Friday and noon-2 p.m. Saturday
Where
Visual Arts Center . California State University, Fullerton 800 North State College Blvd. at Arts Drive, Fullerton, CA
Artists
Karen Brown, Deborah Davidson, Jeff Gillette, David Michael Lee, James Lorigan, Ann Phong, Max Presneill and Emigdio Vasquez.
Curator
Mike McGee
Background
The 45 paintings and drawings included in this exhibition give no indication that these eight artists with distinctly individual styles share a common origin - study and training at the same school. Karen Brown, Deborah Davidson, Jeff Gillette, David Michael Lee, James Lorigan, Ann Phong, Max Presneill and Emigdio Vasquez bear testimony to the diversity of artwork that has come out of Cal State Fullerton's Art Department.
A sampling of the artists' remarkable visions includes Brown's giant eight-foot high surreal drawing "Big Ghost Fish"; Davidson's poignant "Umbrella on Fire" painted on a diminutive 9" x 12" panel; Lee's six-foot square "Observation" bursting with bright stripes, an eagle and the suggestion of an upside-down head of our nation's Founding Father; Phong's three-dimensional canvas "Group Hugs" with ghost-like images rising out of a mixed media surface; Vasquez' "La Calle Cuartro" where store front windows reflect a more-vivid-than-life street scene; Gillette's "Garbagepatch 2" in which an idyllic seascape surprisingly comes into focus as an ocean of plastic waste; Lorigan's dark and ominous "Joker" shows a parrot holding a thin string in its beak that it dangles into a glowing hell realm; and Presneill's large (5' x 7') "Sphinx - A Promise Awaits Quietly" depicting a winged, bare-breasted, lion-footed figure gazing out from a space filled with riotous colors, images and shapes.
Admission
Free
Website
General Info
Main Art Gallery at 657-278-3262
Media Contacts:
Marilyn Moore, Art Gallery Office, 657-278-7750
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