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6/7/2011

Two exhibitions

Riverside Art Museum, Riverside

Capturing Landscape: California Artists Celebrate a Sense of Place
curated by Margaret Mathews-Berenson

The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) collaborated with three UC Riverside Creative Writing interns to create a poetic and literary context for works in a new Permanent Collection exhibit, Capturing Landscape: California Artists Celebrate a Sense of Place, the first of three exhibits from the Treasures of the Riverside Art Museum series orchestrated by New York-based Guest Curator Margaret Mathews-Berenson.

Capturing Landscape highlights 39 works from RAM’s Permanent Collection, spanning a time frame of 135 years. This exhibition’s repertoire ranges from William Huston’s romanticized Seascape with Sailboats of 1875 to the contemporary interactive sculptural piece by Benjamin Lord - Humaliwo Chambers - the latest addition to a collection of annual Christmas gifts from the Peter Norton family (of Norton Anti-virus fame who splits his time between Santa Monica and Manhattan). Rainbow Spiral by Peter Coffin is also part of RAM’s large Peter Norton-gifted collection and will be on display during this exhibition.

Capturing Landscape also unearths such gems as In the Thick of the Neck of the San Gorgonia Mountains, an intensely expressive gouache and ink work on paper by internationally-renowned artist Raymond Pettibon, created on site in 2008. Pairing notable works such as this side-by-side with monotype prints created by local artists at RAM’s own workshops, Capturing Landscape proves a truly unique museum experience and weaves a vast array of artworks into an intimate experience for the viewer.

Responding to pieces selected by Ms. Mathews-Berenson, the three UCR interns connected the works of art to excerpts from well-known works of literature and created their own literary responses in original poetry and prose. An accompanying self-published book with 15 full-color images of the selected works with companion excerpts and prose will be on display in the exhibit gallery.

Reception: July 15, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. with a Curatorial Talk and Book Reading at 7:45 p.m.

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Angela Beloian: Zoom
Curated by Kathryn Poindexter

Artist Statement:
The most interesting relationships involve conflict. A lack of conflict can signal avoidance of challenge or growth, whereas too much can threaten the survival of a relationship. This series of paintings and works on paper is a search for balance between harmony and conflict in relationships.
The works on paper are spontaneous collages mined from old Art in America magazines. In cutting up artwork published in the magazine and incorporating the found images into my compositions, I am exploring my relationship to artists that have received recognition in the art world while examining my own anxieties around perceived success. The variety of media used in creating the collage suggests a multiplicity of voices that ultimately merge to become a complex personality.
Within each of these collages lie a number of possibilities. Small details of the compositions become larger paintings and I am able to use these details to focus and quiet my mind. Hanging panels side by side, I create misalignment and thus generate conflict and dialogue between the two.

Press contact:
Ai M. Kelley - Communications and Affiliate Group Liaison Phone (951)
684-7111 Fax (951) 684-7332

Opening july 7, 2011

Riverside Art Museum
3425 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside USA
Hours: Monday through Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
First Thursdays: On the first Thursday of each month, museum hours are
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. with paid admission. The museum open again, from
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., for Arts Walk free of charge.
First Sundays: On the first Sunday of each month (October - May), the
museum is open, free to the public, from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. for fun family activities.
Admission
General admission: $5, Military with I.D.: $2
Students with I.D.: $2, Seniors (65+): $2
Children under 12: Free
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