集体主义

描述

2019年8月1日至10月19日

集体主义 invited viewers to explore how working in collectives provides 艺术家 an outlet for expression that is different from their individual practice, in particular in areas of activism and humor, and additionally in how those modes of practice overlap. The exhibition featured the work of 13 local, international and historic artist collectives including: 蚂蚁农场，蒸馏集体, DMB集体, 库特, 女士编织协会, 暗恋集体, 破碎之月联盟, subRosa, 茶的项目, TVTV, Videofreex, 妇女艺术联盟 and 妇女视频新闻服务.

“CVA is committed to presenting compelling contemporary exhibitions that spark dialogue and we are pleased to present work created through collective action that so thoughtfully engages with current issues our visitors are eager to discuss including gender, 身份, 媒体, 隐私, technology and gentrification” says Cecily Cullen, CVA主任兼策展人. “It is our hope that the teamwork and collaboration inherent in this exhibition 和 collective examination of contemporary issues will inspire our community to come together in conversation.”

集体主义 included the work of several local 艺术家 collectives 女士编织协会, 暗恋集体 和 Women’s Art League, showcasing the dynamic creativity and diversity of Colorado’s flourishing art scene.

Boulder-based Women’s Art League exhibited “vagina china” – their large-scale community art project that explores issues related to sex trafficking, connecting this alarming global reality with a centuries older global trade in Asian ceramics.

女士编织协会 and 暗恋集体, 都在丹佛, each created new work for the exhibition. 女士编织协会 unfurled 皇冠官网网站的夫人, a large scale crocheted sculptural intervention. 暗恋集体 installed an alternative world onsite at CVA replete with an interactive costume closet where visitors could explore different identities and ways of being.

暗恋集体 also presented a variety of unique events throughout the run of the exhibition including the 自我展示 和 10点上床睡觉 由成员DJ L主持的舞会.A. 8月2日在兹威基. The group hosted an interactive, art making game show, 收集这!, on October 10 where participants collected seemingly random elements to make art, 服装, 木偶. 巧妙的混乱随之而来!

Other events included an artist talk and performance by the noted cyberfeminist artist collective subRosa. Members Hyla Willis and Faith Wilding joined guests in conversation about their practice on September 5. On September 6, members of subRosa also presented a new performance, 中产阶级化你, that explored the intersections of the higher education industry with housing gentrification, 零工经济, 和 new forms of digitizing and monetizing of life and death.

Other highlights include the 茶的项目 whose work shares the voices and experiences of men in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp highlighting the human rights violations of the Global War on Terror. 还包括库特, an anonymous group of Latvian filmmakers, 音乐家, 艺术家, politicians and cats and 破碎之月联盟, a collaborative duo that explores sci-fi world-building that re-centers feminist perspectives.

另外, interactive art making stations throughout the gallery allowed visitors to create their own art and correspond directly with the collectives themselves.

“We feel it is important to provide fun and meaningful opportunities for visitors to not only engage with the exhibition but to also directly interact with the 艺术家,卡伦说。. “By adding these participatory elements within the exhibition, we hope visitors will be inspired to express what is personally meaningful to them and share issues that are important in their communities.”

集体主义 also features the work of two MSU 丹佛 Art Department faculty members, 艺术与艺术副教授 集体主义 co-curator Tsehai约翰逊 and 艺术副教授 Michael Bernhardt. 与蒸馏集团合作, Johnson departs from her ceramics practice to create conversational and collaborative drawings through the mail. Bernhardt, of DMB集体, is one of the three creators of the album 圣诞之战 which pokes fun at the daily stream of data from the world of current events in politics, as well as the self-absorbed nature of social 媒体 and beyond.

MSU 丹佛 Art Department 椅子, Associate Professor Art History, 理论与批评 and 集体主义 共同策展人迪安妮·皮特林斯基, who has written extensively on 1960’s feminist video art and counterculture, rounded out the exhibition with her selection of videos from prominent, historical experimental and feminist film collectives including Ant Farm, Videofreex, TVTV and 妇女视频新闻服务.

集体主义 was organized by the 视觉艺术中心 and curated by Cecily Cullen, CVA主任兼策展人, Tsehai约翰逊, 艺术副教授, 密歇根州立大学丹佛分校和Deanne Pytlinski, 椅子, MSU 丹佛 Department of Art and 艺术副教授 History, 理论与批评.

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