Lucinda Luvaas
dal 8/11/2004 al 11/12/2004
Segnalato da
8/11/2004
Lucinda Luvaas
Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center, Pomona
Video composites and oil paintings. Luvaas' work is timely and provocative-asking questions of the past that resonate with today's often volatile world. The artist wants to investigate history, hoping to connect with past events in a more meaningful way.
Running Through History
Is an exhibit of Luvaas' video pieces, video
composites and oil paintings. Luvaas' work is timely and provocative- asking
questions of the past that resonate with today's often volatile world.
Luvaas wants to investigate history, hoping to connect with past events in a
more meaningful way. When examining her work it is impossible not to make
connections with today's current events and our own roles in history.
Luvaas states:
'The only way that history can resonate for us as individuals is if we can
experience, empathize, or in some way personally 'be' in the period we are
learning about: we must absorb the atmosphere of the times we¹re
investigating in order to truly appreciate them.
'For several years, I¹ve been thinking about exploring history as a subject
for my work, but didn¹t really have a handle on how to approach it.
'I started working on a video called, 'Running Through History,' wanting to
use myself as a witness, as a sort of voyeur/observer--running through the
passage of time; through varied scenes that contain meaning for me
personally, as well as scenes that are pertinent to our history as a nation,
as a people, and finally, as a world.
'The videos inspire imagery for the painted works as well as the other way
around.
'I use varied methods to create the painted works. One is to create video
composites made from clips in the movie, enlarge them and then use the
imagery for mixed media paintings. Another, is to make stencils of the
imagery and create imprints on the wooden panels. Currently, I¹m doing the
drawings and paintings before I start working on the video--planning to use
some of the painted imagery in the film.
'In addition, I compose the sound and music for the videos.'
Lucinda Luvaas will be featured in an artist talk on Saturday December 4 at
'pm. Luvaas will conduct a slide show and viewing of the three short films
that accompany the exhibit, "Running Through History" (Parts I, II and III)
at the Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center Theater. A discussion of the work
with Luvaas will conclude the artist talk.
Multimedia artist Lucinda Luvaas has a long history of composite
installations including video, murals, oil paintings, sculpture and
performance pieces. She exhibits nationally and internationally and has an
extensive body of work. Luvaas is also the Director of the Mt. San Jacinto
College's Fine Art Gallery.
Image:
Lucinda Luvaas, 'Running Through History #2', 2004, mixed media on panel, 20
x 16'.
Hours, Tuesday  Saturday, 12-6pm
Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center>
300 W. Second St., Pomona, CA