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18/6/2003

Cliches and Truisms

SVA Gallery, New York

Curated by Rachel Gugelberger


Reception: June 23, 5 to 7pm

Clichés and Truisms features the work of two students from the School of Visual Arts, and will be on view at the SVA Gallery, 209 East 23 Street, from June 19 through July 19. A reception for the artists will be held June 23, from 5 to 7pm. The exhibition is curated by Rachel Gugelberger, associate director of Student Galleries.

Interested in the practices of Conceptual and Neo-conceptual art, David P. Denosowicz filters his ideas through the lens of semiotic theory. His central concern is with material culture, classifications of “high” vs. “low” and context. Appropriating objects, words, video and personal interpretation as “material,” Klamm couples clichés with mundane objects to generate multiple meanings relating to mass consumption. Accordingly, his work confronts our understanding of how physical space and signs designate boundaries as well. Denosowicz is a student in the MFA Fine Arts Program.

Steve Klamm describes his work as “western Americana mythological painting.” Reflecting on his upbringing in southern Idaho, Klamm examines and embraces the paradoxical ideologies that exist in the same rural community. His paintings compassionately depict satirical scenes that include figures such as “Cowboy Jesus,” a Harley-riding icon, as well as a twisted scene of Abraham and Isaac hunting in suburbia while helicopter searchlights circulate overhead. Klamm’s working method begins with a sketch of memories, historical events, theories and “anything that happens to be running through my mind.” He then transforms his sketches into large composite drawings that are transferred onto canvas s and lastly, painted in oils. Klamm is a student in the MFA Illustration Program.

Besides the SVA Gallery, the School of Visual Arts operates two additional campus galleries in which exhibitions of juried student work are held year-round. SVA also maintains a professional art gallery in SoHo that offers select students the opportunity to exhibit their work in the same environment as some of the country’s leading artists.

Artwork in student exhibitions is available for purchase. A visit to an SVA gallery gives the art lover a valuable opportunity to enhance his/her collection.

Westside Gallery hours are Monday to Thursday, 9 am to 8 pm; Friday and Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm; closed Sunday. The Gallery is accessible by wheelchair. For more information, or for samples of the artists’ work, contact the Office of Communication at 212.592.2010.

Image: a work by David P. Denosowicz


SVA GALLERY
209 East 23 Street, New York

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