Wish you were here -The Art of Adventure
30/10/2003 - 30/12/2003
The Reinberger Galleries, The Cleveland Institute of Art
11141 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
216.421.7407
www.cia.edu
Bas Jan Ader | Alex Baker | Becket Bowes | Bruce & Joan | Amy Cutler | Christoph Fink | Lordy Rodriguez | Christopher Sorg
Images: Becket Bowes, (left) The Capture of the Sphinx, (right) The Escape of the Sphinx, 2003
The postcard cliché, Wish you were here, admits the impossibility of perfectly shared experience between tourist and friend, or artist and spectator. Yet the phrase remains an optimistic invitation. Adventures thrill motivates seekers ranging from astronauts to venture capitalists, extreme sports aficionados, and artists. The artists included in Wish you were here are inspired by the adventure of popular culture, literature, and art; they are also adventurers themselves forging and fabricating physical and imaginative landscapes.
Inspired by Bas Jan Ader, who perished while attempting to sail in a small boat from America to Europe, the exhibition displays two of that artists late installations alongside the work of eight emerging artists. Their work contends that adventures can transcend diversionary tourist vacations or other spectacles of experience.
Curated by Cathleen Chaffee, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and David Carrier, The Cleveland Institute of Art/Case Western Reserve University.
Artists-in-residence, October November, 2003: Alex Baker, Becket Bowes, Bruce & Joan (Alexander Costello & Sarah Turner), Amy Cutler, Christoph Fink, Lordy Rodriguez, Christopher Sorg
The Art of Adventure Symposium
November 14, 6 pm
Becket Bowes, Amy Cutler, Lordy Rodriguez
Moderated by Saul Ostrow, Dean of Fine Art Environment and Chair of Painting, CIA and exhibition curators
Gallery talks
November 11, 5 pm
Surveying the Wild Solitudes: Photography and Exploration
Gary Sampson, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, CIA
November 18, 5 pm
Adventure/Misadventure: Picturing Power and Horror
John Ciofalo, Associate Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
Kacalieff Lecture Series
Christopher Sorg | Thursday, October 16
Alex Baker | Thursday, October 23
Christoph Fink | Monday, October 27
Bruce & Joan | Wednesday, October 29
Premiere of video by Joëlle Tuerlinckx on Christoph Fink, October 30
A catalogue including texts by Chaffee, Carrier, and Michael Nerlich, author of The Ideology of Adventure (1977) is available through the Reinberger Galleries and Trucatriche Distribution, info@trucatriche.com. The Cleveland Institute of Art is an independent college of art and design committed to leadership and vision in all forms of visual arts education. Gallery hours: Monday Thursday & Saturday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-8pm, Sunday 1-5pm (Closed Nov. 27 & 28, Dec. 24 & 25)