Blog - Animal Magnetism: A CALL FOR ART

2008-05-28 23:00:03

Animal Magnetism An all media national juried exhibition September 4 to 28, 2008 Reception September 6th , 6 PM to 10 PM Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
Juror : Mat Gleason , editor and publisher of Coagula Art Magazine Recently praised by the British critic Julian Stallabrass in his book,
Art Incorporated, The Story of Contemporary Art, Mat Gleason has a keen
eye for quality and authenticity, ferocious wit and an intimate
knowledge of the jungle.
A catalog of accepted works will accompany this exhibition.
Deadline for entries: Sat., July 19, 2008 (received not postmarked)
Animals,
real and imaginary. We fear them, pamper them, tame them, trap them,
eat them, lobby on their behalf, experiment on them, strut them as
status symbols, and exterminate them. How do contemporary artists
represent them?
From the caves
of Lascaux, to the halls of the Louvre, there is no escaping them. With
their long pedigree in the history of art, they prowl the great museums
of the world. And today, animals leap from the work of contemporary
artists, symbolically expressing their ideas and emotions. OCCCA's
terrific exhibition space will showcase a menagerie of superb examples
of this trend, from the traditional to the avant-garde, from the
realistic to the fantastic, in painting, drawing, sculpture,
photography, video and new media.
See OCCCA.org for more details.

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