FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Animal Magnetism
An all media national juried exhibition
Visit http://www.occca.org to view and download prospectus
Deadline for entries: Saturday, July 21, 2008
(received not postmarked)
Exhibition runs: September 4 - 28, 2008
Reception: September 6, 6 PM to 10 PM
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701
714 667 1517
E-mail, grau@prodigy.net
Web site, http://www.occca.org
Thursday and Sunday, 12-5pm; Friday, Saturday, 12-9pm
1st Saturday Receptions: 6-10pm
First Friday Films: 8pm
Juror:
Mat Gleason, editor and publisher of Coagula Art Journal
Recently praised by the British critic Julian Stallabrass in his book, Art Incorporated, The Story of Contemporary Art, Mat Gleason has a keen eye for quality and authenticity, ferocious wit and an intimate knowledge of the jungle.
A catalog of accepted works will accompany this exhibition.
Animals, real and imaginary. We fear them, pamper them, tame them, trap them, eat them, lobby on their behalf, experiment on them, strut them as status symbols, and exterminate them. How do contemporary artists represent them?
From the caves of Lascaux, to the halls of the Louvre, there is no escaping them. With their long pedigree in the history of art, they prowl the great museums of the world. And today, animals leap from the work of contemporary artists, symbolically expressing their ideas and emotions. OCCCA's terrific exhibition space will showcase a menagerie of superb examples of this trend, from the traditional to the avant-garde, from the realistic to the fantastic, in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and new media.
Please pass this on to interested parties
See prospectus on line at http://www.occca.org
OCCCA is located
at the corner of 2nd and Sycamore in the Santa Ana Artists Village.
There is no entrance fee. Please see the web site for more information, http://www.occca.org, or call the gallery during regular operating hours.
