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An all media national juried exhibition
Juror: Mat Gleason

September 4 to 27, 2008

Reception September 6th , 6pm to 10pm

Images From the Opening

Juror: Mat Gleason, editor and publisher of Coagula Art Magazine

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.

Katherine Patterson: Catsnake, graphite

Selected Artists:

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

A catalog of accepted works is available now!

Press Mention:

Grunt and Squeak and Squawk With the Animals at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
OC Weekly, by Greg Stacy, Thursday, Sep 25 2008