MFA Graduation Exhibition Series at the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery | Purchase College SUNY

Purchase College SUNY, School of Art+Design MFA candidates present a series of solo and two-person shows at the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery on view April 5th through April 30th with receptions taking place April 15th, 22nd and 29th from 5-7pm.

Scott Daniel Ellison starts off the series with Raccoons, an exhibition of found photographs of people interacting with the misunderstood and highly adaptable raccoon; the photographs negotiate the ever-changing boundaries that divide human beings from their natural habitat. Tom Sarver combines humor, social commentary and low-tech gadgetry to explore relationships between the art world and the everyday. In Queasy, Sarver examines medical phobias and anxieties. In her exhibition, Walking A Fine Line, Merav Ezer explores the psychological and physical implications of self-created environments. Finishing off the series is Separate Heads, a two-person show featuring the work of Neil Dvorak and Rachel Wiecking. Neil Dvorak creates objects that investigate the relationship between artifact and functionality, while Rachel Wiecking's work uses techniques of casting, printmaking and sculpture to force collisions between physiological and utilitarian systems.

Scott Daniel Ellison: Raccoons | On View: April 5-9, 10-5pm

Tom Sarver: Queasy
On View: April 12-16, 10-5pm
Reception: Thursday, April 15th, 5-7pm

Merav Ezer: Walking A Fine Line
On View: April 19-23, 10-5pm
Reception: Thursday, April 22nd, 5-7pm

Neil Dvorak and Rachel Wiecking: Separate Heads
On View: April 26-29, 10-5pm
Reception: Thursday, April 29th, 5-7pm

RICHARD & DOLLY MAASS GALLERY
Purchase College SUNY
School of Art+Design
Visual Arts Building)
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577

This event is free and open to the public.

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Opening Reception & Public Artist Talk by Dannielle Tegeder, Purchase College SUNY BFA Alumna '94

School of the Arts
SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN

RICHARD & DOLLY MAASS GALLERY
Presents....

David Schwarz Project 12: Dannielle Tegeder
(BFA Alumna ‘94)
represented by Priska C. Juschka Fine Art in New York

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Reception: 5 – 7pm
Public Artist Talk: 6:30pm
On View: February 15th – March 26th

Dannielle Tegeder presents five new animations inspired by original drawings on view in this exhibition. With these experiments in drawing, she continues to expand the parameters of drawing and painting as a medium and source.

Curated by Kirsten J. Nelson

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Curator, Kirsten Nelson is also a Purchase College, SUNY Alumna (MFA) class of 2004 who is currently exhibiting work at Frederieck Taylor Gallery, assembly required, which closes February 20, 2010.

The exhibit, assembly required consists of new sculpture by Kirsten Nelson that is constructed out of common home building materials. These sculptures exist between what they seem to be and what they seem to be lacking; what is still required in order to understand them as realized objects or idealist representations. They exist in a state of suspended reference, as if they were available in the Sears Roebuck & Co. catalogs from the 1900’s as “ready-cut” kit homes with construction methods that allowed for a simplified do-it-yourself method of assembly.

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Valuing Waste Panel Discussion with Christine Lee, Purchase College SUNY Windgate Artist In Residence | January 30, 2010

VALUING WASTE PANEL DISCUSSION
Saturday, January 30, 2010 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Neuberger Museum of Art (Neuberger Study)

PANELIST:
Christine Lee
Boris Bally
Thomas Hucker
Daniel Wicke

This discussion will examine the underpinnings of artists and groups who have deliberately chosen to incorporate used and discarded materials in their work.

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The panel discussion, VALUING WASTE will be held in conjunction with Christine Lee’s exhibition, LATENT POTENTIAL, currently on view in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery through February 5th. Lee is the School of Art+Design’s Fall 2009 Artist In Residence who worked with discarded Purchase College Campus materials.

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Wednesday, February 17th, 5-7PM An Opening reception will be held for DSP12: Dannielle Tegeder in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery on Purchase College Campus. Dannielle Tegeder, School of Art+Design Purchase College SUNY BFA alumna, class of ’94 will also give an artist talk at 6:30PM on the same evening. Save the Date!

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CLAY KETTER, '85 Alumnus & Sweden's Most Prominent Artist Exhibiting at Purchase College SUNY | Nov 17th - Dec 18th

David Schwarz Project 11: Clay Ketter
NOVEMBER 17th...
Opening Reception: November 17th 5-7PM
Public Artist Talk: November 17th 6:30PM
On View: November 13 - December 18th
Gallery Hours: M-F, 10am-5pm

FREE NO RSVP!

Clay Ketter is a 1985 School of Art+Design BFA Alumnus
who is represented by Sonnabend Gallery NY. Works
selected for this exhibition, created from 1996 – 2009,
reference everyday domestic interior and exterior
architecture through constructed and painted
surfaces, built forms and photography.

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Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery
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FAUX SHOW | MFA Group Show at Purchase College SUNY

SCHOOL OF ART+DESIGN

FAUX SHOW: MFA Group Exhibition
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 16, 2009 5 – 7 pm
ON VIEW: October 12th – November 4, 2009

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Faux Show features the cutting-edge work of current School of Art+Design first and second year Master of Fine Arts degree candidates in a variety of media. The work of the twelve participants runs the gamut from traditional painting to garbage assemblage, from video work to horticulture, from stasis to total kinesis.

Curator: Omar Lopez-Chahoud, MFA Coordinator

ARTISTS: Maria Barajas, Say Hay Chung, Neil Dvorak, Scott Daniel Ellison, Merav Ezer, Amanda Gale, Miles Hall, Mary Martin, Tom Sarver, Jess Whittam, Rachel Wiecking, Etty Yaniv

Postcard Design (Image): Ege Soyuer, BFA Graphic Design, Class of 2010

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Who Cares About Art, I have Tenure! | Faculty Group Exhibition Opening Wed. Sept. 9th | Purchase College SUNY

Despite the negative connotation associated with tenure; the known culprit for complacency in education, many tenured Purchase College professors remain driven, dedicated and current. Art+Design students are afforded the opportunity to interact with and pick the brains of Purchase College professors/professionals who genuinely care about their education long after tenure.

Working professionals in the fields of painting and drawing, sculpture, 3-D media, photography, printmaking and graphic design, the faculty of the School of Art+Design will be exhibiting work at the start of the Fall 2009 semester. Full-time Art+Design faculty will exhibit work on campus from August 31 - October 2, 2009 which will be the first of a series of exhibitions showcasing their diverse artistic perspectives. An Opening Reception will be held on September 9, 2009, 5-7 PM.

School of the Arts
SCHOOL OF AR+DESIGN

FACULTY GROUP EXHIBITION
ON VIEW: August 31 – October 2, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, September 9th 5 PM – 7 PM

Curated by Kirsten Nelson

Participating Artists:
Nancy Bowen
Donna Dennis
Jed Devine
Kate Gilmore
Cassandra Hooper
Sharon Horvath
Julian Kreimer
Warren Lehrer
Greg Lock
George Parrino
Kristine Potter
Leonard Stokes
Michael Torlen
Jo Ann Walters
Murray Zimiles

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Artist Salon 6/19/09 at 2PM prior to 5PM Opening Reception for C O R R U G A T E D by Brian Gladwell | Purchase College's Artist In Residence

Photo by Paul D'Agostino, Console Table by Brian Gladwell 2009
Cardboard, dye, mahogany veneer 30" h x 55"w x 16 1/2"d

C O R R U G A T E D furniture by Brian Gladwell (School of Art+Design Artist-In-Residence Spring '09)
Opening Reception: Friday, June 19th, 5 - 7 pm


Salon: Friday, June 19th at 2pm (Join Brian and guests for an informal discussion of ideas triggered by this new work.)


On View: June 19th – July 24th, 2009 Gallery Hours: 10 – 5 pm, M-F (or by appointment)

Uncommonly Good Materials

Celebrating the opening of C O R R U G A T E D, an exhibition of recent furniture by resident artist Brian Gladwell in the Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery at Purchase College, the public is invited to the first Windgate Artist-in-Residency Salon on Friday, June 19, 2009, at 2:00 pm. The Salon will be followed by the opening reception for C O R R U G A T E D at 5:00 pm. All of which was coordinated by Artist-In-Residence Director, Dennis Fitzgerald.

Studio furnituremakers, with their blend of technical savvy and imaginative reach, are uniquely placed to explore the promise of new or overlooked materials for use in furniture. Brian Gladwell’s arresting new work in cardboard proves the point. The elegant furniture made in cork by Dan Michalik sends the same message. And so do the powerful benches and tables Jim Zivic hews from hunks of anthracite coal. Makers like these draw on their special perspective to link unexpected industrial materials to our daily lives with beauty and purpose.

As environmental concerns bring new attention to common materials, the strategies and sensibilities specific to craft practices are resulting in sophisticated objects quite distinct from those produced by production designers, visual artists or DIYers. Studio furnituremakers, many trained in the use of wood, a material so thoroughly explored and so well understood, bring to their assessment of new materials extremely high standards in terms of the depth to which they ought to be explored and understood.

The Salon will be an opportunity for a small group of invited makers and thinkers to come together and share ideas around the opportunities presented by overlooked or underutilized materials. It will open with brief presentations by Gladwell, Michalik and Zivic on the motives and implications of their use of materials that they favor, followed by an open discussion centered on this and other materials in the context of furniture.

The Salon is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Visual Arts Building in Room 1025

The Salon participants will include:

Jon Binzen
Brian Gladwell
Elizabeth Guffey
Matt Hutton
Daniel Michalik
Don Miller
David Richardson
Rosanne Somerson
Jim Zivic

and...

Dennis FitzGerald, Director of the Artist-In-Residence Program at the School of Art+Design at Purchase College, SUNY and former President of The Furniture Society, currently serving on its Advisory Board.

Furniture Society's:

Website
Forum

Information courtesy Dennis Fitzgerald.

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Art at the Edge of Campus - Purchase College, SUNY | by Ebony Brown

(Pictured: The the W-1 parking lot side of the Visual Arts Building, the Red Running Man (1 of 4) are the Sculptural work of A+D Alumnus, Andy Fennell | Photo: ©Ebony Brown)

Why would anyone in their right mind, want to walk to the edge of campus, beyond the esteemed Neuberger Museum of Art and enter the brown, brick depths of "Where the hell am I" notoriously known as the Visual Arts building?

Well there is the obvious reason, students, staff and faculty made a conscious choice to patron the Visual Arts (VA) building when they gave blood to become pupils, professors or administrators of art. Who said 'getting-in' was easy? Then, there are the friends of those who frequent the VA building who accidentally stumble upon its pockets of hidden bling in the form of artwork hanging proud or left in some undisclosed corner of the building. You never know what insanely, creative piece of work you'll find.

Usually, my city girl quick steps only render collages of colorful swooshes in my periphery when passing through the halls of the VA building. Today was different. I had to post a "Course Update Notice" on one of the classroom doors and I was stopped dead in my tracks. How could I fit the overflowing mound of thought and artful execution of one particular piece of work into my breakfast deprived mind and “TGIF” eyes; lusting for Saturday’s rest didn't last long. The work of an emerging, young Printmaker commanded my attention, I did nothing but stand there to admire the work.

The last piece of art that captured my attention in such a manner was the work of Sue Coe. Represented by Galerie St. Etienne, Coe was a 'must see' Visting Artist whose talk was sponsored by School of Art+Design, last semester. Every Wednesday Visiting Artist's Talks take place at 6:30PM, in room 1016 of the VA building, free and open to the public, like viewing artwork in the halls or in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery.

So there I was standing in the hall unable to pull myself away from the print, the babies held me at gun point, literally. On the right, their "Frankenstein-ish" mother appeared to be a mere mechanical portal for their production. On her back with legs jacked open, her pelvic canal is far from lady-like; expelling one baby after the next, 'litters' of infants are dreadfully gliding away from their maker along a conveyor belt, initially much like an undisturbed blood path. This labor isn't fit for human nor animal. Factory farmed, infinite, teeny tots with varying facial expressions and bodily gestures seem to know of their fate before the production line equips them with ammunition and gear as they progress through phases of the conveyor belt.

Nipples clamped, like cows hooked to a milking machine, mama is merely their maker but is the vessel by which their “ba-ba’s” are filled. Solo Eyeballs and Televisions (CRT) with wings and emanating screens at the top of the page are like puppeteers, clearly running the show. What's the message?

If you have not seen this piece, it’s certainly worth sucking up the momentary wind-chill to come and see it while it’s still on display here on the first floor of the Visual Arts building (adjacent to the Neuberger Museum,near W-1 parking) While you’re here, feel free to stop by the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery (M-F, 10-5PM) The work of Art+Design Alumni, Gregory Crewdson is currently on display. Artwork in the hall can be seen seven days a week through Midnight!

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What is Fairey Telling the A.P.? by Ebony Brown

(Image: Mannie Garcia/Associated Press - nytimes.com, feb 8, 2009)

Speak of the devil, my previous blog entry nearly kissed Shepard Fairey's feet, placing him on the bricky pedestal of the School of Art+Design's Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery. Although copyright infringement threatens to dissolve Obama poster boy's cloud nine as per this NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE , I refuse to discredit Fairey's contribution to the college.

Fairey, and other artist who regularly 'appropriate' existing art into their own artwork are probably well acquainted with the statutes of copyright infringement.

David Schwarz Project 6: Infobbable, the graffiti/street art inspired group show held at the Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery in which Shepard Fairey participated, exposed students and visitors to a contemporary body of graphic art that was both engaging and legal; no arrests were made (this time). While DSP6: Infobbable may have unnerved some, the exhibition seemed to be well received by both the on and off campus community.

Any thoughts on reappropriation and copyright infringment as it relates to Fairey's case or similar cases?

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Shepard Fairey, Obama's poster boy exhibited work @A+D's Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery on Purchase College Campus | by Ebony Brown

In the Spring 2007, Shepard Fairey (Designer of the Official Barack Obama Election and Inargural posters) exhibited work at Purchase College SUNY in the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery as part of the group show, David Schwarz Project 6: Infobabble. Stephen Powers, Brian Donnelly, Cynthia Connolly and Mike Mills also exhibited work in the exhibtion.

"David Schwarz Project 6:Infobabble, featured creators from the worlds of fine art, graffiti, photography, film and advertising, exploring how contemporary artists find a voice in the melee; be it through subversion, parody, polical action or direct intervention" said Denise Mullen, former Dean of the School of Art+Design. The exhibition was curated by Aaron Rose, Director of Alleged Gallery in NYC and co-curator of the seminal exhibition "Beautiful Losers".

Featuring the work of respected, emerging artist, the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery is located in the Visual Arts Building, adjacent to the Neuberger Museum of Art. Richard & Dolly Maass Schedule.

Did you see DSP6:Infobbable featuring Shepard Fairey's artwork? Check out this recent article on Shepard Fairey.


(Image Top: DSP6: Infobabble postcard design by Dave Caputo, Graphic Design BFA Alumnus, School of Art+Design.)

(Image Bottom: School of the Arts, Art+Design Event Brochure, Design by Doug Clouse)

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