Museum of Fine Arts, Houston unveils 'Crop of Core 2009' Exhibition |
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| Written by rubin |
| Tuesday, 17 March 2009 10:14 |
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Each nine-month fellowship (renewable for a second year) gives the eight artists and three critical studies residents studio space or an office, a stipend, and access to the school and museum. These resources allow the fellows to further their artistic practice within a dynamic arts community guided by Glassell School of Art director Joseph Havel, and to engage in creative dialogue with each other and with a host of visiting artists and critics. Since the 1980s, Core fellows have added a vibrant presence within the Houston art scene through teaching, engaging in community projects, interacting with other artists, and sometimes making a permanent home here. The Core program has also established itself as an internationally regarded platform, and Core fellows have gone on to show at such prestigious, international venues as the Venice, Whitney, Istanbul, and Lyon biennials or to assume positions at prominent national art publications, amongst other achievements. The 2009 Core Artists in Residence Exhibition features work by : Natasha Bowdoin, Jillian Conrad, Lily Cox-Richard, Kara Hearn, Andres Janacua, Lauren Kelley, James Sham, and Sergio Torres-Torres. Core critical studies residents Jennifer King, Kurt Mueller, and Rose Oluronke Ojo contribute essays about aspects of their independent research to the Core 2009 Yearbook publication that accompanies the show. The exhibition will be on view through April 17, 2009. Lily Cox-Richard (first-year resident) received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, and her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at Terminal, Richmond, VA; Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC; the Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN; Kompact Living Space, Berlin, Germany; and Area:Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Cox-Richard´s new body of work, Rapt, takes the form of shrouded obelisks — but without the obelisks. Ghost-like and slightly clumsy, the remaining shrouds cover, reveal, and outlast the monuments they once draped.  Natasha Bowdoin (first-year resident) received her MFA from the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, and her work has been featured in exhibitions at Extraspazio Gallery, Rome, Italy; Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA; the Cue Foundation, New York, NY; and the Philadelphia Art Alliance. In the 2009 Core Artists in Residence Exhibition, Bowdoin will include two large-scale works on paper exploring the idea of language and the act of transcription. Andres Janacua (second-year resident) received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University, and his work has been exhibited at Schalter, Berlin, Germany; Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA; and Galeria Perdida, Michoacan, Mexico. Janacua will exhibit three sculptural works in different forms, attempting to reconstitute history by examining the inevitable shifts throughout time and the inherent loss in meaning brought upon by these movements. James Sham (first-year resident) received his MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, and has exhibited his work at Area Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico; Appetite Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ellensburg Film Festival/PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA; and Delaware Center of Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. Sham will be exhibiting a three-channel video installation, Wave, which depicts crowds attempting to orchestrate themselves into a wave and is looped variably and indefinitely. Sergio Torres-Torres (second-year resident) received his MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has exhibited work in solo and group exhibitions at venues such as Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Atelier als Supermedium, The Hague, Netherlands; Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, CA; MAK Center, Los Angeles, CA; Postartum, Long Beach, CA; and Charim Klocker Gallery, Vienna, Austria. Torres-Torres will present an installation with two video projections blending onto a double-sided screen with a map of the projection diagramed onto the floor, creating a relationship between virtual, historical, and present space. Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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