STRANGE WORLDS

Date: October 30, 2003
Contact: Deborah Sack (deborah.sack@hunter.cuny.edu)
Phone: (212) 772-4070

Art Galleries: (212) 772-4991

Exhibition Dates: October 30-December 13, 2003

Where: Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College
S.W. Corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 30, 2003, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 p.m.

NEW YORK –– Constant adaptation and projected futures provide the basis for the exhibition Strange Worlds. The participating artists create alternative universes where aspects of a known world collide with that of the artist’s own making. This can result in a fanciful realm of futuristic possibilities and evolutionary anomalies, or a consideration of the ramifications of technological and scientific developments on society. These odd environments, creatures, and objects hint at the potential of both science and creativity. They often draw upon advancements in photography, video, and the traditional arts as a means of commenting on the development of the medium itself.

These artists display a critical awareness of the current age as well as provide a fantastical diversion from its realities. Jeana Baumgardner creates mysterious environments inhabited by iconic forms that indicate a determined order both natural and constructed. Examining social issues, Yun Fei-Ji’s scroll paintings depict the impact of political change on the cultural life of modern China through his distorted landscapes. In Alyson Shotz’s paintings and sculptures, organic and synthetic forms mutate into hybrid offspring. John Slepian’s interactive works explore our emotional responsibilities towards our technological/biological creations. Dannielle Tegeder adapts the "safe cities" created during the Cold War to a futuristic world of enlightenment. Charlie White’s photographs address alien(ation) from outside and within through images involving extraterrestrial invasion, alien integration and role reversals.

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