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26/1/2004

ReModeling

University Art Museum, Long Beach

New Ideas on the Form and Function of Architectural Models
Leo Saul Berk, Barbara Bestor, Taft Green, and David Schafer

The University Art Museum presents an exhibition of work by Leo Saul Berk, Barbara Bestor, Taft Green, and David Schafer that considers the architectural model as a form that makes us rethink the ways in which we relate to the world around us. A focused group show organized by Mary-Kay Lombino, Curator of Exhibitions, this exhibition is a continuation of the museum's interest in issues related to architecture, which demonstrates our commitment to showcasing all forms of contemporary visual culture and our interest in the instrumental role that innovative architecture and design play in enriching our environment.

Following Under Construction, our spring 2002 exhibition, this spring we are presenting Re-modeling from January 27 - April 18. Since the dawn of Minimalism, artists have been wrestling with the issue of architectural space and the ways in which three-dimensional art objects can shape the area around them through a perceptual investigation of space. Expanding on this tradition, the work included in ReModeling investigates the role of models in the process of assessment, and places value on expanding the bodily experience of space and how it differs from perceiving two-dimensional representations of space. The sculptural work of Taft Green and David Schafer reminds us that spatial perception is always a process of interpretation, while Leo Berk and Barbara Bestor create models that simulate actual experiences with an emphasis on the role of materials and environment in determining our understanding of a space or a structure.

Seattle-based artist Leo Berk presents a new life-size model designed especially for the Court Gallery of the UAM. The model is a redesign of the UAM facade, which transforms the ordinary museum entrance into a grand, light-filled hallway leading to the front doors. The piece is constructed entirely of fluted polypropylene, a material commonly used by architects for fabricating small-scale models. By blowing up a miniature model to the size of an actual room, Berk allows the viewer to experience a Leo Saul Berk, Long Beach Above, 2003, computer rendering fully by entering inside the room within a room.

Barbara Bestor a Los Angeles-based architect recently named in Artforum's "Top Ten" is interested in how models allow her design process to expand as she work's through her ideas. Three concept models for the architect's home in Echo Park will be presented in a room in which all the walls will be plastered with her super-graphic wallpaper designs inspired by LA freeways, plywood, and Spanish moss. The models and the wallpaper together highlight Bestor's interest in surface and the ways in which the exterior shell of a building can often communicate a great deal through texture, color, and material presence.

Taft Green, a recent graduate from the Art Center School of Art and Design, is represented by three works in a recent series entitled Continual Distance. Here, Green combines his interests in building and cognitive theory to create sculptures that map out human perception of objects in everyday life such as a checkout counter, a staircase, an intersection, or a city block. He is interested in the frame of reference we use to locate ourselves within a context. Using models of architecture, and examining models of experience, he renders shifts between abstraction and recognition that occur in the way we understand our surroundings.

Los Angeles-based artist, David Schafer, will present a large-scale sculpture and related 3D-renderings that show evidence of his sustained interest in the interpretive tools we use to decipher our surroundings. The sculpture, a fifteen-foot high tower of eye-beams inspired by a found still image, recalls the monumental abstract work of Mark Di Suvero. However, it is imbued with the artist's acute sense of post-modern irony and critique of everything from contemporary architecture and modernism to popular culture and vernacular design.

Reception: February 28, 12-2pm (see additional special events below) All events are open to the public and free of charge, donation requested. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-5pm; Thursday, 12­8 PM; Saturday, Sunday, 11 AM­4 PM, closed Monday and all University holidays

Image: Leo Saul Berk, "Entry Proposal for UAM (evening exterior view)", 2004, 16 x 20', archival pigment print on arches paper.

EVENTS:
Contemporary Discovery IV: Models of Experience | February 28, 2:30 ­ 4:30 pm Free, call 562.985.7000 for reservations and tickets | CSULB Student Union Beach Auditorium
This symposium brings together five professionals in the fields of art and architecture to discuss the shifting role of the model today in the creative process and alternatively, as a tool in perception, cognition, and communication. The panel will focus on experimental and interdisciplinary projects, collaborations between artists and architects, and the lapse between process and finished product.

2004 Zeitlin Lecture featuring Jorge Pardo | February 28, 5 pm Tickets
$12.00, call 562.985.7000 for reservations and tickets | University Theatre

DIRECTIONS:
>From the 405, 605, and 22 Freeways, exit 7th Street/22 West. Turn right on Bellflower Boulevard and right on State University Drive. Turn left on Merriam Way. Metered parking is available on the right in Lot 17. Permits are required for all other areas and can be purchased at the yellow dispensers located in the parking structure and throughout the parking lots.

The University Art Museum is located in the Steve & Nini Horn Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840
Contact: Sarah G. Vinci, Community Relations Coordinator, (562) 985-4299

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