HUNTER COLLEGE ART GALLERIES 2004-05 EXHIBITIONS

Date: June 30, 2004
Contact: Deborah Sack (deborah.sack@hunter.cuny.edu)
Phone: (212) 772-4070

Art Galleries: (212) 772-4991

SEPTEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 4, 2004
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, Evelyn Kranes Kossak 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. Tuesday, September 14.

OCTOBER 7 - NOVEMBER 20, 2004
The International Exchange Show features work by four 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; and Ecole nationalesupérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.  It also allows students from those universities the opportunity to study at Hunter.  This exhibition will present work by students and recent alumni.  A selection of work by recent Hunter MFA alumni 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.

DECEMBER 15, 2004 - JANUARY 15, 2005
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, December 15.

DECEMBER 16, 2004 - JANUARY 15, 2005
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, December 16.

JANUARY 27 - MARCH 12, 2005
Sports and Society involves artists that use sports as a lens to examine culture, society and politics.  Curated by adjunct faculty member Tim Laun, this exhibition features a range of artists and media and follows a trajectory of contemporary issues such as modernism, mass media, identity, and terrorism as they are expressed through work that draw upon sports either metaphorically or literally.

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 27.

FEBRUARY 17 - APRIL 9, 2005
The Faculty Show organized every 3-4 years serves as both an introduction and update for the general public and Hunter community to the recent work of present art department faculty members.  The artists choose large works which best represents their current endeavors and recent pursuits, affording a window into the concerns of the diverse faculty.  This multimedia exhibition will present painting, photography, video, printmaking, and sculpture from over 40 adjunct and full-time faculty.

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 17.

MARCH 24 - MAY 7, 2005
Heavenly or Slice of White explores current artistic investigations into the “all-white” art object.  Although “all-white,” the work included questions the ideas the color white is traditionally thought to convey.  Curated by MFA alumna Julia Jacquette and adjunct faculty member Joie Rosen, this exhibition features work that revels in white’s ability to convey abundance, not only absence, to convey white’s childlike playfulness, not only its seriousness, and white’s ability to act as conveyer of metaphor, not only a surface that acts as a tabula rasa.

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 24.

MAY 11 - JUNE 11, 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 11.

MAY 12 - JUNE 11, 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 12.

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