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| Exhibitions |
| Selected Artists shown (1960 - 2005) John Altoon |
2001 Exhibitions |
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2001 in the Sheppard Gallery
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| Local Humor from the
Flatlands Organized by the Sheppard Gallery with the Center for Contemporary Art in Sacramento, this group exhibit will feature the work of 12 Central Valley, CA artists who utilize humor as a subtext. Over 24 pieces in media from painting to sculpture to photography will honor the wealth of talent found in the flatlands of California. The artists, of regional to national stature, include: Troy Dalton, Michael Stevens, Suzanne Adan, Alan Dismuke, Galelyn Williams, Jim Albertson, Mick Sheldon, Jack Ogden, Robert Charland, Gale Hart, and Gary Dinnen. This is the second half of a two-part trade; in fall 2000, twelve Northern Nevada artists held an exhibit Nevada Zen at the Center for Contemporary Art |
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understanding the plastic: Chuck
Moffit Emerging LA artist Chuck Moffit will create a provocative sculptural installation. Utilizing a "pod" form with portals and chambers, Moffit will create free-floating components out of CNC cut aluminum, fiberglass tubing, tyvek, fabric, and carbon fiber. The result will be a multi-chambered carcass floating in a vacu-formed plastic landscape. His work combines the mechanical with a visceral, animorphic aesthetic |
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| Elisa Terranova: Martyrdom
and a Language of Desire Bay Area artist Elisa Terranova will exhibit 12 large-scale narrative paintings in this exquisite exhibition. In 1980, Terranova became a quadriplegic at the age of 26. For therapy, she started art school at Arizona State University using a metal device that helps attach a paintbrush to her hand, eventually earning both her MA and MFA degrees. She has gone on to create a formidable body of work that chronicles her medical journey and the resilience of the human spirit. Poetic, muscular, and sometimes disturbing, these self-portraits are shot through with biblical references, Catholic regalia, classic statuary, circus banners and eviscerated bodies. Reminiscent of both Frida Kahlo and renaissance mannerist paintings, these allegories address the role of the heroic martyr and self-determination. |
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Beads of Faith: the
Rosary Re/Interpreted Organized by Dr. Jane Davidson and the Sheppard Gallery, this exhibit will feature over 50 rosaries in styles from traditional to kitsch to the surreal. Historical relics will be showcased next to interpretations created specifically for the exhibit by seven contemporary Northern Nevada artists. Forty rosaries will be loaned to the gallery from Dr. Davidson's extensive collection, which contains over 80 rosaries in styles from turn-of -the-century belt rosaries to 4 inch children's prayer beads, 15 foot plastic wall rosaries to a special rosary created for wiccans. The contemporary sculptural interpretations will be made of materials as diverse as casino dice, fishing hooks, rice paper, copper tubing, and photographs. Artists invited to participate include: Kirk Robertson, Russell Dudley, Joseph DeLappe, Tamara Scronce, Walter McNamara, Edw Martinez, and Michael Sarich. |
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