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COMING UP

Assoc. Prof. Danielle Dean, MFA alum Jamilah Sabur in This Land

September 28, 2023 - January 28, 2024

The Contemporary Austin, Austin TX

This Land is a group exhibition about landscape: how it records the social and environmental effects of colonialism and capitalism. With Greater Austin ranking among the fastest growing and most expensive metropolitan areas in the U.S., This Land offers a space to reflect upon these transformations and broader histories of place, migration, and extraction.

Professors Malik Gaines & Alexandro Segade opera Star Choir

September 30 - October 1, 2023, 1:00 & 4:30 p.m.

Mount Wilson Observatory, Los Angeles CA

The Industry presents the World Premiere of STAR CHOIR, co-directed by Malik Gaines (The Industry’s Co-Artistic Director) and Alexandro Segade, composed by Gaines with Libretto by Segade. Audiences will embark on a cosmic mission, as a starship crew seeks refuge on the hostile Planet 85K: Aurora. Once there, the colonists encounter intelligent life imperceptible to their all-too-human awareness. 

MFA alum Lorna Simpson solo exhibition

September 30 - December 22, 2023

Hauser & Wirth, Zurich SW

First unveiled in 2019, her Special Character series superimposes women’s faces from fashion and wig ads found in the pages of Ebony magazine, revealing through repetition the reinforcement of stereotypes in the everyday imagery we consume.

MFA alum dana washington-queen artist lecture

October 3, 2023, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA

dana washington-queen, a Visiting Artist Professor with VCUarts Photography & Film, will be presenting a talk focusing on the process of their art practice “process as practice / process is practice,” journeying from process to production to exhibitions and screenings.

Chico MacMurtrie Border Crossers hosted by Professor Ricardo Dominguez

Reception: October 5, 5:00 p.m. 

October 5 - December 8, 2023

Gallery QI, UC San Diego

These projects channel MacMurtrie’s aesthetic and political concerns into speculative interventions at or along the U.S.-Mexico border. While his “Border Crossers” inflate over the border fence from both sides at once as a gesture of connection between two countries, the “Dual Pneuma” sculpture embodies the idea of a fluid cultural identity.

Asst. Prof. Janelle Iglesias in How to Survive

October 6, 2023 - September 15, 2024

Anchorage Museum, Anchorage AK

Examining ideas of interconnectedness, caretaking, and listening—between humans, land, plants, and animals—the works on view invite reflection, encourage action, and seek to cultivate optimism in the face of challenge. 

Mandeville Art Gallery How We Gather

Reception: October 7, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.

October 7 - December 9, 2023

Mandeville Art Gallery, UC San Diego

The group exhibition How We Gather investigates the notion and enactment of solidarity across various contemporary artists’ practices through the lens of the pandemic. Opening Party Saturday October 7th, 2-6pm, featuring a new commission by Elana Mann and Sharon Chohi Kim, performed by the San Diego New Verbal Workshop at 4pm. Taco catering 2-4pm, open bar 2-6pm.

PhD candidate Jae Hwan Lim organized Mundanity of North Korea

October 9, 2023 - January 31, 2024

Geisel Library, UC San Diego

This exhibit exposes the diversity of North Korean society through publications, personal items, arts and North Korean propaganda posters from the UC San Diego Library’s Special Collections & Archives. Underlining the existence and everyday life of North Korea and its people, the physical materials in this exhibit invite open and critical thought exchanges about the country, where outsiders can rarely visit.

ONGOING IN TOWN

Mandeville Art Gallery Nature Scene

July 1 - October 2, 2023

Mandeville Art Gallery, UC San Diego

Nature Scene is a program presented on the Mandeville Art Gallery’s exterior screen featuring artworks that have been commissioned or specifically adapted for the space. It is on view daily from 7 am to 10 pm. The works use artificial intelligence, generative algorithms, 3D scanning, and more to depict the influence of technological evolution on the staging and mediation of the natural world.

MFA alum Taylor Chapin Tell Me About Yourself

September 23 - December 30, 2023

ICA North, Encinitas CA

In her paintings, Taylor Chapin uses bold color, swirling patterns, and enigmatically camouflaged figures to reflect a consumerist society that treats beauty and goods as social currency. In this new body of work, Chapin employs the visual strategies of advertising to reflect on this current moment in which our identity has become our brand.

MFA alumni Cat Gunn, Hazel Katz, Heige Kim, Arlene Mejorado, Lorena Ochoa in NextGen 2023

September 9, 2023 - January 28, 2024

ICA Central, San Diego CA

NextGen presents the work of seven graduating artists from regional art programs, chosen by a jury of art professionals. NextGen celebrates emerging artistic voices and highlights the innovative work being produced across the San Diego region. The artists selected for this year’s exhibition work across media–from painting and photography, to installation, sculpture and video–combining found objects with personal mementos, mining their family histories, cultural legacies, and identities.

Prof. Emerita Eleanor Antin and Profs. Malik Gaines & Alexandro Segade in Eleanor Antin and My Barbarian

September 21, 2023 - February 18, 2024

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego CA

Included in MCASD's exhibition are the 51 postcards that document Antin's 100 Boots as well as pieces featuring her alter ego, the King of Solana Beach. My Barbarian's layered performances continue Antin’s spirit of social critique and playfulness.

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