Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends
March 29 - May 8, 2014
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 12, 2014, 5 - 8 pm
Visual Arts Center
California State University, Fullerton
Begovich Gallery
800 North State College Blvd.,
Curated by Lauren Haisch and Wendy Sherman
Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends will include approximately 35 artists who will each create artwork based on an urban legend with special significance to them. Each work will be accompanied by text explaining the artist's personal connection to their chosen urban legend.
Urban legends serve as our modern day mythology. Based on cultural traditions and morality tales, these stories prey upon our collective fears and provoke strong, emotional responses. Traditionally, in order for these legends to survive, a mix of text and imagery was used in storytelling, heightening the power of the legend as it passed down through generations. More recently, the Internet has encouraged the rapid dissemination of these modern legends, many of which can be traced back to the original folklore that inspired them.
The purpose of the exhibition is not to illustrate urban legends, but to analyze them in conjunction with each artist's own subjective viewpoint resulting in a shared experience between artist and audience.
The exhibition will incorporate a wide range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography and video, in order to capture the essence of each urban legend.
A catalog will be published for this exhibition through Grand Central Press. Author and urban legends expert Jan Brunvand and art writers Tyler Stallings, Doug Harvey, and Mat Gleason will contribute essays. The catalog will also include essays by both curators as well as full color images of the artwork and short statements from each artist discussing their work in the exhibition.
A R T I S T S
Dmitriy Astakhov
Clayton Bailey
Rex Barron
Stephen Berkman
Joe Biel
Kevin Bradley
Sarina Brewer
Hugh Brown
Mike Cockrill
Michael Criley
Lew Delport
Chris Farling
Llyn Foulkes
Gregg Gibbs
Jeff Gillette
Mark Gleason
Laurie Hassold
Tony Huynh
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Hellen Jo
Laurie Lipton
Matjames Metson
Lauren Morrison
Adam Oehlers
Naida Osline
Burt Payne 3 and Stephen Hillenburg
Ransom & Mitchell
Victoria Reynolds
Jim Shaw
Christopher Ulrich
Jeffrey Vallance
Nicola Verlato
Marnie Weber
Chris Wilder
Robert Williams
Scott D. Wilson
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