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"Donald Judd's boxes defined minimalism by setting an iconic example. A priori decisions, industrial materials, proportional relationships, hand of the artist gone, non-referential, clean, serial. They were killers that changed the way we viewed forms and works of art. Even later critical interpretations couldn't alter the stripped down essentialism.

It would take time for artists to assimilate and interpret his forms. So it began: any use of boxes referred back to Judd. I doubt that the four artists in Donald Judd Remix based their work directly on Judd, but there is the acknowledgment of a minimalist structure. All point to aspects of the originals: serialization, display, materials, etc. But they include the personal in a variety of ways, leaving the sterile behind. They add what Judd left out, creating a new kind of minimalism, or at least expanding the original definition by emphasizing meaning and the personal and the hand of the artist.

I have always thought that the stringent definition eliminated too much work that was minimal, another example of an exclusive decision rather than an inclusive one, and one which, as most acknowledge, left out painters."

Vicky A. Clark teaches art history at Clarion University of PA and is the director of its art gallery.

 

Participating artists include: Jeremy Boyle, Bill Radawec, Mark Franchino and Janet Towbin

 

 

Opening Reception: Friday, March 18th, 7:00-9:00pm

Exhibition runs from March 18-April 23, 2011

 

***SAVE THE DATE***

Join us Saturday, March 19th for a conversation with the curator and artists beginning at 2:00pm in the gallery.

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Fe Gallery is currently accepting proposals to be a Guest Curator for the 8/12-9/17 slot. The deadline to submit your application is Friday, April 1, 2011.

 

Please click here for more information.

 

 

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Ian Ingram is the first recipient of Fe Arts Gallery's International Residency Program. A Pittsburgh-based maker of behavioral objects, Ian is currently exploring the un-human-ness of non-human animal minds by making objects with bodies, gestures, and behaviors tuned to what might be thought of as those animals' "frequencies." In his often playful projects, he also attempts to uncover the un-animalness of human perceptions of animals, and the animalness and humanness of human products. Ian has exhibited his work indoors and in the wild at various locations, including the Andy Warhol Museum, Westinghouse Pond in Schenley Park, the Museum of Modern Art of Toluca, Mexico, the Skowhegan Cow Pastures in Maine, the Yada Gallery in Nagoya, Japan, the Banks of the Allegheny River, and in Popular Science Magazine.
Ian has a BS and MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University.

 

***Please join us Saturday, April 2nd for a conversation with Ian Ingram beginning at 3:00pm. Free and open to the public.  

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• Fe Gallery's Art Lovers Speed Dating Mixer: What a wonderful turnout over Valentine's weekend. Approximately 20 singles of all ages came out for a fun night of new faces, light conversation and of course...art! The guests were welcomed by greeters, received name tags and a drink ticket and got a chance to mix and mingle among the candlelit tables while "Getting Closer" was being shown on the walls. Guests had 2-3 minutes to chat up someone new and hopefully make a love connection...or maybe just meet a fellow art lover. In the end, everyone had a great time and it was a great start to the Valentine celebration.

 

• Pittsburgh Artist Registry:  If you haven't done it by now, we would like to enthusiastically invite you to join this list! It is the only FREE online database in the region. It is a resource for promoting artists of various disciplines who are living in southwestern PA.  It connects artists to opportunities by presenting their work in a searchable form for organizations, curators, architects, individuals, businesses and more.  Fe Arts Gallery is a proud partner and requires all guest curators of "Unlimited Scope" to use at least 1/4 of the artists in their shows listed on the registry. Do it today! www.pittsburghartistregistry.org.

 

• Website Awareness: Just a reminder that Fe Arts Gallery can be found online at www.fegallery.org.  For information on how you can be a part of our volunteer family, become a supporter or find information on past, present or future exhibitions, please visit our site!

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3/18-4/23     "Donald Judd Remix" curated by Vicky A. Clark

4/29-6/11     curated by Felicia Feaster

6/24-7/30     curated by Joshua Tonies

8/12-9/17     Call for Curatorial Proposals

9/23-11/5     curated by Katherine Talcott

11/11-12/23  curated by Ingrid LaFleur

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