Battleground: Regina José Galindo and Tania Candiani
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
at the University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968
http://www.utep.edu/artsculture/
Kerry Doyle
(915) 747-6164
All events free and open to the public
Regular Gallery Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. 10-5
Thurs. 10-7, Sat. 12 noon-5.
Closed Sunday and Monday
Equilibrium: Body as Site
January 22 – March 21, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 22, 5 – 8 pm
Equilibrium: Body as Site features fifty-eight works by nineteen contemporary artists who use jewelry as a format and who engage the body as site, altering sensorial experience by impacting one or more of the five senses. The art may determine the actions of the wearer, the viewer, or both. Featured artists include American Marjorie Schick, whose work is made from rigid materials that maneuver and control the body; Hungarian Reka Lorincz who creates flat, acrylic circles that fit around and over the ear; and British artist Lin Cheung, who presents Equanimous a silver brooch that holds a carpenter’s level that will never maintain true level when worn.
The curators:
Kate Bonansinga, Director of the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, and Rachelle Thiewes, Professor of Art at the University of Texas at El Paso.
The artists:
Claudia Crisan-Calabria New York, USA | Lin Cheung Hampshire, UK | Jennifer Crupi New Jersey, USA | Arielle de Pinto Quebec, Canada | Erica Duffy Iowa, USA | Don Friedlich Wisconsin, USA | Caroline Gore Michigan, USA | Stephanie Hocker New Jersey, USA | Susan Hoge Michigan, USA | Jiyeon Hyun Seoul, Korea | Yevgeniya Kaganovich Wisconsin, USA | Reka Lorincz Budapest. Hungary | Jesse Mathes Illinois, USA | Jieun Park Seoul, Korea | Damian O’Sullivan Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Lucy Rowlands London, United Kingdom | Marjorie Schick Illinois, USA | Courtney Starrett South Carolina, USA | April Wood Maryland, USA
Associated lectures:
6 pm, Rubin Center Auditorium
•January 21, 2009: Yevgeniya Kaganovich, associate professor of art, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and artist featured in Equilibrium
•February 5, 2009: Cindi Strauss, curator of modern and contemporary decorative arts and design, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
•March 5, 2009: Namita Wiggers, curator, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
The exhibition at UTEP is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and Patti Wetzel Partovi and Sirous Partovi.
Battleground: Regina José Galindo and Tania Candiani
January 22-May 2, 2009
Opening reception: Thursday, January 22, 5-8 pm
Battleground presents recent work by Tania Candiani (Tijuana/Mexico City, Mexico) and Regina José Galindo (Guatemala City, Guatemala), both of whom respond to an unprecedented wave of violence in public and domestic environments throughout Latin America. In this two-person exhibition, Tania Candiani and Regina José Galindo are exhibited side by side in an intimate exploration of the feminine body preparing for or engaged in battle with unseen forces. Candiani goes to war in the domestic sphere, protecting her body using common kitchen implements as both weapons and armor, in work that challenges the rules of engagement in the home. Regina José Galindo uses her own body as a battleground, absorbing and reflecting the violence that surrounds her. Both artists deflect the aggression that permeates contemporary society and its resulting disempowerment. The show features photographs and an installation by Tania Candiani and four videos of performances by Regina José Galindo.
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
The University of Texas at El Paso
Phone 915.747-6151
Fax: 915 747-6067
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.utep.edu/artsculture/
Image above:
Courtney Starrett, Body Bubble One, silicone rubber, 2005
Dimension: 4 x 4 x 4 feet (varying)
Photographer John Miller
For more information go to: http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=15047
