Washington, DC - Borrowing its title from the federal government’s population survey, CENSUS 03 attempts to capture a moment in the continually evolving Washington, DC art scene. Showcasing a diverse group of DC-based artists, the exhibition features the work of Iona Rozeal Brown, Graham Caldwell, Tim Doud, Maggie Michael, Randall Packer, Dan Steinhilber and Team Response. Encompassing a range of media, CENSUS 03 is an investigation of ideas and artists currently at the forefront of the DC art community. Presented by the Corcoran College of Art + Design, CENSUS 03: New Art from DC is on view from August 15 through October 6, 2003.
"Over the past few years, an influx of new artists to the city combined with an increasing level of support by commercial and non-profit art spaces has resulted in a welcome diversification and enrichment of the city’s art community," says CENSUS 03 curator Paul Brewer, Director of College Exhibitions at the Corcoran. "In bringing this work together, the Corcoran College of Art + Design continues its ongoing commitment to provide a forum for new ideas, issues and practices in the contemporary visual arts for the city."
Much like a government census, this exhibition takes raw data of the emerging DC art scene and explores selected trends in a variety of fields. CENSUS 03: New Art from DC includes painting, sculpture, installation and digital media. Several of the artists in the exhibition have established themselves in other urban centers but are relatively new to the DC community. The others are ambitious young artists recently graduated from area colleges and universities including Team Response, a group of three Corcoran alums.
"As the only independent college of art and design in the city, the Corcoran makes an unparalleled contribution in terms of educating and supporting the artists’ community in Washington, DC," notes Christina DePaul, Dean of the Corcoran College of Art + Design. "While no one exhibition can show all of the talented new artists in the city, we hope CENSUS 03 will convey the range and depth of new work being produced."
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Iona Rozeal Brown
Iona Rozeal Brown’s paintings and works on paper explore the global influence of hip-hop music and fashion on youth culture. Born in DC, Brown returned to the city in 2002 after completing her studies at San Francisco Art Institute’s BFA program, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and Yale University’s MFA program. She has had critically acclaimed solo exhibitions at Caren Golden Fine Art (New York) and Sandroni Rey (Venice, CA) and group exhibitions at Feigen Gallery (New York), the Armand Hammer Museum of Art (Los Angeles) and the Comune de Milano (Milan, Italy).
Graham Caldwell
Graham Caldwell sculptural installations made of glass with steel armatures visually reference natural and biomorphic forms. Originally from DC, Caldwell recently returned to the city to pursue his career after extended studies at Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Pilchuk Glass School, Umeleckoprumyslova (School of Applied Arts) in Prague and the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, NY). His work has been on view locally at the Octagon Museum of the American Architectural Foundation, Millennium Arts Center and most recently in a solo exhibition at Addison/Ripley Fine Art.
Tim Doud
An observational figure painter primarily concerned with portraiture and nude studies, Tim Doud makes subtle references to both art historical and pop cultural imagery that directs and, in some cases, complicates the viewers’ relationship to his subject matter. Doud moved to DC in 2002 to teach in American University’s MFA program as an Associate Professor. The recipient of a Pollock Krasner grant (2000) and a Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation grant (1997), Doud has had several solo exhibitions, including shows at American University’s Watkins Art Gallery, the Chicago Cultural Center, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art (New York) and MC Magma Gallery (Milan, Italy).
Maggie Michael
Maggie Michael’s paintings are the result of drips and pours of latex paint that she physically manipulated. While her work is a clear reference to abstract expressionism, the control she exerts over her process results in work that denies spontaneity and mishap. Michael is a painter who received her MFA in 2002 from American University in Washington, DC. She had a recent solo exhibition at G Fine Art and participated in several group exhibitions in the region, including the WPA\C Select auction, Fission/Fusion at the Mexican Cultural Institute, DB Sides at Decatur Blue and McLean Project for the Arts’ Strictly Painting 4.
Randall Packer
Using digital media technology, Randall Packer created a fictitious government agency and political party, U.S. Department of Art and Technology and the Experimental Party, as a means of artistically critiquing the political process. Though based online, the project is performance-based in that Packer makes public appearances and delivers speeches as the Department’s Secretary. Prior to moving to DC in 2000, Packer was already established as an artist, educator and pioneer in digital media and interdisciplinary arts. He is currently the Professor of Electronic Arts and Director of the Center for New Media at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. His digital media projects and performances have been seen around the world at such institutions as the InterCommunication Center (Tokyo), the Transmediale Festival of Media (Berlin), the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Austin Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and the Atlanta College of Art.
Dan Steinhilber
Dan Steinhilber’s installations often involve disposable materials and liquids from commercial and domestic spaces that are accumulated and then precisely configured. His works not only operate as a commentary on low art versus high art, they also reference architecture, painting and pop culture. Steinhilber is a 2002 graduate of American University’s MFA program. He has had solo exhibitions in the city at alternative spaces such as Signal 66 and MOCADC. Steinhilber has also been included in several group exhibitions including Fission/Fusion at the Mexican Cultural Institute, Nine Painters at G Fine Art, DB Sides at Decatur Blue (all in Washington, DC), Artscape (Baltimore) and Peculiarly Pink at Luxe (New York).
Team Response (Jason Balicki, Justin Barrows and Matthew Sutton)
Team Response is a group of three alumni (Jason Balicki, Justin Barrows and Matthew Sutton) from the Corcoran College of Art + Design’s class of 2002. Since graduating, the three have embarked on an ambitious and often confrontational initiative to challenge the city’s arts community through impromptu public performances and exhibitions. They have exhibited projects locally at Decatur Blue, Conner Contemporary Art and G Fine Art. Team Response’s contribution to CENSUS 03 confronts the public personae of the other artists in the exhibition through the creation of satirical 3-D scale models of each artist’s studio based on the limited information Team Response can gather.
EXHIBITION PREVIEWEXHIBITION PREVIEW
There will be an exhibition preview on Thursday, August 14, 2003, 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. This free event is open to the public. For more information, please call (202) 639-1805.
ABOUT THE CORCORAN COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN
The Corcoran College of Art + Design, officially founded in 1890, is the oldest and most comprehensive professional college of art and design in the greater Washington, DC area and a vital force in the nation's art education community. Part of a distinguished museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the accredited College offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree program in Fine Art (painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and digital art), Graphic Design, Digital Media Design, Photography and Photojournalism; a two-year Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) degree program in Fine Art, Photography, Graphic Design, Interior Designand Digital Media Design; and a Continuing Education program encompassing more than 250 courses and seven certificate programs aimed at meeting the needs of part-time adult students; as well as year-round classes designed especially for children and teens. More than 3,500 people participate in the Continuing Education program each year. It is the largest and most diversified program of its kind in the nation's capital. The Corcoran College of Art + Design is located at New York Avenue and 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC. The public information line is 202.639.1800.
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