Works of art ranging from posters, digital designs, motion graphics, socially engaged ad campaigns, e-branding identity, packaging, photographs and web design to mixed media assemblage, ceramic sculpture, drawings, zines and paintings—all created by 30 California State University, Dominguez Hills design and studio art graduates—will be featured in a showcase and exhibition of student work in April in the University Art Gallery: “Vantage Point: Senior Design Showcase” and “Content: 2017 Senior Studio Art Exhibition.” What and When: Vantage Point: Senior Design Showcase, Thursday, April 13, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Content: 2017 Senior Studio Art Exhibition April 24- May 4; Opening Reception, ... Read More
Exhibitions at University Art Gallery Draw Attention to Environmental Issues
A series of exhibitions revolving around environmental issues will be on display at the California State University, Dominguez Hills University Art Gallery from January 30 to March 26. Central to the series is the exhibit “Lost and Found: A North Sea Collaboration—Carl Reed and Thomas Claesson,” featuring found object art derived from materials discovered on islands lying off the west coast of Sweden. When Carl Reed, a sculptor who has worked for years with found objects, meet Thomas Claesson, a Swede who had an enormous collection of “lost” objects—items that have washed up on shore, been abandoned or unearthed, or acquired through inheritance—the two sensed the potential to realize an ... Read More
Exhibition Showcases Works by Art and Design Faculty at CSU Dominguez Hills
“The World in Their Eyes: Art and Design Department Faculty Artists,” an exhibition featuring 70 works of art in varied media by 11 California State University, Dominguez Hills Art and Design Department faculty members, continues through Dec. 7. The exhibit features works by faculty artists Michele Bury, Elaine Brandt, Vladimir Goryachev, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, Louise H. Ivers, Jim Keville, David Parsons, Gregory Mocilnikar, John Lionel Pierce, Bonnie Tanaka, and Ellie Zenhari. Highlights include Hirsch’s luminous visionary paintings, Goryachev’s expressionistic figurative sculptures, Zenhari’s imagery-rich photographs, Bury’s elegant three-dimensional graphics focusing on the U.S. ... Read More
“Wrapped in Pride” Exhibition of African Kente Cloth to Show in University Art Gallery Sept. 7-Oct. 18
The brightly colored, geometrically patterned cloth called kente—made by the Asante (uh SAHN tee) people of Ghana and the Ewe (AY vay) people of Ghana and Togo—is the best known of all African textiles. In African American communities across the nation, kente is much more than mere cloth: it is a symbol of African pride and a powerful cultural icon. “Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity,” an exhibition at the California State University, Dominguez Hills University Art Gallery from September 7 to October 18, explores the art of making kente, its symbolism in the cultures of Africa, and its expression of identity in African American communities. Also on display ... Read More
Latest Exhibit at CSU Dominguez Hills Art Gallery Features Ads and Logos Used for Protest
Organized in conjunction with the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles, and curated by Michele Bury, associate professor and chair of the Department of Art and Design at California State University, Dominguez Hills, “Subvertisements: Using Ads and Logos for Protest,” an exhibit of 90 posters where logos and ads are visually subverted, opens March 9 at the University Art Gallery and will run through April 13. “Subvertisements” turns corporate identity on its head, subverting popular imagery associated with a brand and forcing viewers to consider broader social and political issues in today’s culture. Images in the exhibit—created by artists from across the ... Read More
