Thursday, March 6, 2014

Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends





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

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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 

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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