SCAD Atlanta deFINE ART schedule for Thursday, Feb. 24

by : The Connector February 24, 2011

3 p.m. — Artist Talk for Andreas Kocks: “Momentary Suspension”
Trois Gallery
Andreas Kocks will discuss his site-specific cut-paper installation, watercolors and studies on view in Trois Gallery. He will speak about his acclaimed “paperworks” that appear as splatters of paint tossed at the wall that visually belie his careful process of siting pieces in architectural space. Free and open to the public.

3:30 p.m. — Reception for “Six in One: SCAD in New American Paintings”
Gallery See
The SCAD exhibitions department presents “Six in One: SCAD in New American Paintings,” a group exhibition featuring work by alumni whose national exposure has put them at the forefront of current painting practices. The six artists on view in this exhibition—which will be displayed concurrently at the Atlanta and Savannah locations—were recently featured in the 88th edition of “New American Paintings,” the acclaimed juried exhibition-in-print journal. Artists include Misty Bennett (B.F.A., painting, 1996), Caomin Xie (M.F.A., painting, 2001), Meredith Pardue (B.F.A., painting, 1998), M.F.A. painting student Michael Porten (B.F.A., illustration, 2004), Katherine Sandoz (M.F.A., painting, 2005; M.F.A., illustration, 1997), and Chris Scarborough (B.F.A., illustration, 2000). Free and open to the public.

3:30 p.m. — Reception for Andreas Kocks: “Momentary Suspension”
Trois Gallery
The SCAD exhibitions department presents “Momentary Suspension,” a solo show featuring a site-specific cut-paper installation as well as watercolors and two-dimensional studies by internationally renowned artist Andreas Kocks. The show exemplifies the frozen moments captured in his acclaimed “paperworks” that suspend dynamically from the gallery walls. The activity of the imagery—like paint splattering off the wall—visually belies the artist’s careful process of siting the piece in architectural space. Free and open to the public.

	7 – 9 p.m. — Marina Abramović: “Performance Art and its Future” 2011 deFINE ART Keynote Lecture SCAD Atlanta, Events Space, fourth floor, Building C Performance and visual art pioneer and the 2011 deFINE ART honoree Marina Abramović’s lecture follows the trajectory of performance art from the 1970s to the present. Her presentation poses the following questions: What is the future of performance art? Can it be re-performed? If so, under what conditions? Can it be taught and how? Can it be collected? Is it part of our mainstream culture or not? Free and open to the public.
	4:30 – 6:30 p.m. — SCAD Atlanta Open Studios SCAD Atlanta, Events Space, 5th floor, Building C Free and open to the public.
	Ongoing: JuYeon Kim: “The In-Between” ACA Gallery of SCAD, Woodruff Arts Center “The In-Between” is an exhibition featuring commissioned installations by artist JuYeon Kim, co-curated by the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Created during Spring 2010 sculpture and fibers courses held at SCAD Savannah, the exhibition includes two large-scale installations featuring thousands of figurative images presented in an astounding array of poses and circumstances. Inspired by “The Tibetan Book of the Dead,” these ambitious pieces signify the range of human experience, reminding us of the volatility of the physical world and our illusory perceptions of it. Free and open to the public.
	Ongoing: “Six in One: SCAD in New American Paintings” Gallery See The SCAD exhibitions department presents “Six in One: SCAD in New American Paintings,” a group exhibition featuring work by alumni whose national exposure has put them at the forefront of current painting practices. The six artists on view in this exhibition—which will be displayed concurrently at the Atlanta and Savannah locations—were recently featured in the 88th edition of “New American Paintings,” the acclaimed juried exhibition-in-print journal. Artists include Misty Bennett (B.F.A., painting, 1996), Caomin Xie (M.F.A., painting, 2001), Meredith Pardue (B.F.A., painting, 1998), M.F.A. painting student Michael Porten (B.F.A., illustration, 2004), Katherine Sandoz (M.F.A., painting, 2005; M.F.A., illustration, 1997), and Chris Scarborough (B.F.A., illustration, 2000). Free and open to the public.