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MEDIA RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL, 2008
Media contact: Kathy MacPherson, galleryinfo@otis.edu, 310.665.6909
The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to present in the Bolsky Gallery:
Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal
June 24 – August 30, 2008
Reception: Saturday, July 26, 6-8pm
The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to present the exhibition Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal from June 24-August 30, 2008. The public is invited to attend a reception for the artists on Saturday, July 26, 6-8pm in the Bronya and Andy Galef Fine Arts Center located on the main campus at 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045, www.otis.edu.
Clive Barker and Myron Dyal are two artists who have a similar fantastic vision of a seemingly diabolical world that they are feverishly compelled to render. Their drawings, paintings, and sculptures illustrate alternate realms filled with archetypal figures and places that have littered human consciousness for centuries. They take us through the darkest forests into the depths of their imaginations where we see tricksters, soothsayers, mystics, and guardians as we walk through Elysian Fields and trespass in the underworld. Presenting their work together is a dynamic conversation between two men who live very different lives, yet have a kinship in their imaginations and the stories they want to tell. Together they synergize and validate the existence of this macabre dimension and the effect is profound. This exhibition is curated by Greg Escalante and Meg Linton.
Clive Barker
Award-winning director, screenwriter, playwright and poet, Clive Barker is also an accomplished artist. His art has, in the last ten years, become a more fundamental part of his written work than ever before. When the character Kaspar Wolfswinkel appeared in oil on a huge canvas in front of him, unbidden, it became the start of his creation of a whole new world: The Abarat. Select paintings from this five-novel, fully illustrated series are featured in this exhibition. As well as braving live painting sessions at numerous festivals, Barker opened his 2005 Visions of Heaven and Hell (And Then Some) exhibition at Bert Green Fine Art in Los Angeles with Zoomen—a live body-painting session where he created living art in front of bemused but engaged crowds. Barker is currently working on a new photographic project, Imagining Man, which focuses on the human form expressing the human imagination.
www.bgfa.us/, www.clivebarker.com
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Object Description
| Exhibition | Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal |
| Artist(s) |
Barker, Clive Dyal, Myron |
| Title | Press release for "Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal" |
| Year | 2008 |
| Decade(s) | 2000s |
| Curator(s) |
Escalante, Greg Linton, Meg |
| Description | For immediate release: April 2008. |
| Gallery | Bolsky Gallery |
| ImageID | 2Madmen_Release |
| Collection | Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive |
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| Full Text of PDF | MEDIA RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL, 2008 Media contact: Kathy MacPherson, galleryinfo@otis.edu, 310.665.6909 The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to present in the Bolsky Gallery: Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal June 24 – August 30, 2008 Reception: Saturday, July 26, 6-8pm The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to present the exhibition Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal from June 24-August 30, 2008. The public is invited to attend a reception for the artists on Saturday, July 26, 6-8pm in the Bronya and Andy Galef Fine Arts Center located on the main campus at 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045, www.otis.edu. Clive Barker and Myron Dyal are two artists who have a similar fantastic vision of a seemingly diabolical world that they are feverishly compelled to render. Their drawings, paintings, and sculptures illustrate alternate realms filled with archetypal figures and places that have littered human consciousness for centuries. They take us through the darkest forests into the depths of their imaginations where we see tricksters, soothsayers, mystics, and guardians as we walk through Elysian Fields and trespass in the underworld. Presenting their work together is a dynamic conversation between two men who live very different lives, yet have a kinship in their imaginations and the stories they want to tell. Together they synergize and validate the existence of this macabre dimension and the effect is profound. This exhibition is curated by Greg Escalante and Meg Linton. Clive Barker Award-winning director, screenwriter, playwright and poet, Clive Barker is also an accomplished artist. His art has, in the last ten years, become a more fundamental part of his written work than ever before. When the character Kaspar Wolfswinkel appeared in oil on a huge canvas in front of him, unbidden, it became the start of his creation of a whole new world: The Abarat. Select paintings from this five-novel, fully illustrated series are featured in this exhibition. As well as braving live painting sessions at numerous festivals, Barker opened his 2005 Visions of Heaven and Hell (And Then Some) exhibition at Bert Green Fine Art in Los Angeles with Zoomen—a live body-painting session where he created living art in front of bemused but engaged crowds. Barker is currently working on a new photographic project, Imagining Man, which focuses on the human form expressing the human imagination. www.bgfa.us/, www.clivebarker.com (more) |
