California
State
University
,
Stanislaus
University
Art
Gallery
invites you to the following
exhibitions:
Dean
Burton and Nolan Preece
March
22 – April 26, 2007
The gallery will be closed on Friday
March 23, 2007
Reception:
March 22, 6:30-8:00pm, Artist Talk at
7:00pm
The
corner of a room, the edge of a wooden
board, a tape measure: for Dean Burton,
they’re all just lines.
Scanner
Lines – Dean Burton
Burton
aims his camera at an object, and it’s
transformed into a luminous, ethereal
arrangement of lines in space.
Perspective is skewed, lost and in some
cases, it’s hidden. Some photos are
look like complete abstractions until a
sudden “a-ha” realization sets in,
and the image snaps into focus.
The pictures tread a fine line between
the conceptual, minimalist paintings of
the 1970’s and contemporary digital
art. Sometimes, they appear to be
paintings, but they’re usually
unaltered photographs of everyday
things: building materials, household
objects, blades of grass, with the rest
of the world’s sensory overload edited
out.
Gently austere, subtly imbued with
humor,
Burton
’s work starts with the mundane
becomes darkly beautiful.
Burton
is well known as a 2006 Nevada Arts
Council Fellowship winner and
Truckee
Meadows
Community College
instructor. His work has been shown
widely in group exhibitions, auctions
and events in
Nevada
.
Simple
Systems – Nolan Preece
Nolen Preece’s “Simple Systems”
investigates the overlapping areas
between conceptual, minimal and fine art
photography. Photogram as a method of
working, delivers a “photomonotype,”
more closely aligned with painting or
printmaking. Preece uses the
simplest of objects, such as paper and
glass to maintain a minimal gesture. His
work is spontaneous and he is not caught
up in perfection. The media itself
requires working in total darkness,
therefore a random way of working is the
norm. This is a new approach to
working for Preece. His past work has
been loaded with meaning and fairly
complex. In trying to break from
being overly saturated, Preece’s
“Simple Systems” is indeed a
liberating experience.
Contact: Dean De Cocker,
Gallery Director
(209) 667-3186
art_gallery@csustan.edu
Gallery
Hours: Monday-Friday, 12 pm
– 4 pm or by appointment. All
gallery events are free, open to the
public and are wheelchair accessible.
University
Art
Gallery
California
State
University
,
Stanislaus
801 W. Monte Vista Avenue
,
Turlock
,
CA
95382
Images:
Dean Burton - Scanner Lines, 2006,
20”x24”, photographic print
Nolan Preece - Simple Systems #4, 2006,
20”x30”, type “C” print
Amusement