HUNTER COLLEGE ART GALLERIES 2004 EXHIBITIONS

Date: February 18, 2004
Contact: Deborah Sack (deborah.sack@hunter.cuny.edu)
Phone: (212) 772-4070

Art Galleries: (212) 772-4991

JANUARY 29 - MARCH 13, 2004
The Glasgow School of Art/Hunter College Art Department Works on Paper by Painting Faculty celebrates the exchange program that the Hunter Art Department shares with the distinguished Glasgow School of Art (GSA) in Scotland. As one of five exchange programs offered by Hunter's Art Department (the other programs include The Mohr Instituut and the Academy of Minerva in The Netherlands; the Slade School, University College, London; the Ecole Nationale Superiore des Beaux Arts in Paris; and the Universite de Kunst in Berlin), this reciprocal program between Hunter and the GSA instituted a decade ago allows graduate students from both programs the opportunity to study abroad and makes for a richer, broader exchange of ideas. Building on the success of Diplomatic Immunity, the GSA student exhibition held in 2001 at the Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, this show invites a selection of painting faculty from the GSA to show in conjunction with a group of Hunter College Art Department painting faculty furthering the dialogue between the two programs. Participating artists from Hunter College include Joel Carriero, Susan Crile, Lisa Corinne Davis, Stephen Davis, Gabriele Evertz, Anthony Panzera, Juan Sanchez, Robert Swain, and Thomas W. Weaver.   Participating artists from the GSA include Sam Ainsley, Stuart MacKenzie, Mick McGraw, Susanne Nielsen, Fiona Robertson, and Hanneline Visnes. This exhibition was jointly planned and selected by Alexander Moffat, Head of Painting, Glasgow School of Art, and Sanford Wurmfeld, Chair, Department of Art, Hunter College. The current show anticipates the exhibition planned for this fall whereby all five European exchange programs will exhibit student and alumni work at the Hunter College/Times Square Gallery.

The exhibition will be on view at the Hunter College/Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College West Building, SW corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 p.m. An opening reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 29.

FEBRUARY 19 - APRIL 17, 2004
The changed relationship of the viewer in late 20th century sculpture is the subject of the show entitled MOVED curated by Hunter associate professor of art, Stephen Davis. This exhibition focuses on the variety of ways in which sculpture builds a physical conversation with a body in space over a period of time. Beginning with work dating from the late 1960s, the show concentrates on sculpture that requires an active viewer with a wide range of materials and attitudes represented. This exhibition features seminal work by Mowry Baden, Michael Brewster, Lygia Clark, Mark di Suvero, Gego, Frederick Kiesler, Barry Le Va, Robert Morris, Tony Smith, and Sanford Wurmfeld. This exhibitions was organized with the assistance of Jon Lutz, MA Candidate in Art History at Hunter College.

The exhibition will be on view at the Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, 450 W. 41st Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues at Dyer Street). Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 p.m. An opening reception will be held from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Thursday, February 19.

MARCH 19 - MAY 8, 2004
The exhibition Photography by Art Department Faculty features the work of Roy DeCarava, Reiner Leist, Juan Sanchez, and Brian Wood. This exhibition will present recent work by senior faculty Distinguished Professor Roy DeCarava and Professor Juan Sanchez, as well as introduce the work of new faculty Assistant Professor Reiner Leist and Associate Professor Brian Wood. These artists have been invited to select work for exhibition.

The exhibition will be on view at the Hunter College/Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College West Building, SW corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 p.m. An opening reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 19.

MAY 20 - JUNE 19, 2004
The Hunter College BFA Degree Show presents recent work by graduating Hunter College undergraduate art students. Hunter art professor Gabriele Evertz will organize the exhibition.

The exhibition will be on view at the Hunter College/Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College West Building, SW corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue.   Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 p.m.   An opening reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18.

MAY 19 - JUNE 19, 2004
Held at the end of each semester, the Hunter College MFA Thesis Exhibition presents the work of graduating Hunter MFA candidates as a partial degree requirement. The exhibition offers the public an opportunity to see recent work of emerging artists.

The exhibition will be on view at the Hunter College/Times Square Gallery , 450 W. 41st Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues at Dyer Street). Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 p.m. An opening reception will be held from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 19.

SEPTEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 4, 1004
In the exhibition Tracing Tony Smith's Tau, the evolution of Smith's great work is revisited from its inception in 1961-62 to its installation in the plaza on 68th Street and Lexington Avenue at Hunter College in 1984, twenty years ago. Drawings and maquettes for both Tau and related sculptures will be shown and presented in context with his other major works. Curated by William C. Agee, professor of art history at Hunter College, with the assistance of Hunter MA graduate students in Art History, this exhibition aims to explore the artistic and historical context for this seminal work. The exhibition includes paintings, architectural renderings, sketches, photographs, video and models that depict Tau and work by the artist that informs this important sculpture. The exhibition will also include background material by those who knew him during his tenure as a highly influential teacher at Hunter College (1962-1980), during the period when Tau was conceived. This exhibition has been organized to celebrate the work's twentieth anniversary since its installation on Hunter College's West plaza and the completion of its recent restoration.

The exhibition will be on view at the Hunter College/Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College West Building, SW corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 p.m.   An opening reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 16.

OCTOBER 7 - NOVEMBER 20, 2004
The International Exchange Show features work by the five European universities with whom the Department of Art at Hunter College shares an exchange program for graduate students in the Masters of Fine Arts program.   These semester- and year-long exchanges provide students with the opportunity to study at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland; The Mohr Instituut and the Academy of Minerva in The Netherlands; the Slade School, University College, London; the Ecole Nationale Superiore des Beaux Arts in Paris; and the Universite de Kunst in Berlin. It also allows students from those universities the opportunity to study at Hunter. This exhibition will present work by students and alumni. A selection of work by current Hunter MFA students will also be included.

The exhibition will be on view at the Hunter College/Times Square Gallery , 450 W. 41st Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues at Dyer Street). Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1-6 p.m. An opening reception will be held from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Thursday, October 7.

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