The Cress Gallery of Art UTC presents Conrad Bakker at the Spring 2017 UTC Diane Marek Series Visiting Artist on Feb. 6-9.
Artist's Lecture will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 5:30 p.m. at 201 Derthick Hall, 624 Vine St.,
followed by an opening reception in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St.
Exhibition dates are Feb. 7 - March 22. This exhibition is supported by Range Projects and by donations of the Friends of the Cress Gallery of Art.
"Mr. Bakker makes carved and painted sculptures of everyday objects and positions them in a wide variety of contexts to reveal and critically comment upon the political economies and relational networks between persons and things. This exhibition features two ongoing bodies of work, Untitled Project: Robert Smithson Library & Book Club and Untitled Project: The Crystal Land, both based on the personal library and geologic interests of the late, conceptual artist and land art pioneer, Robert Smithson," officials said.
In Gallery II: UTC Department of Art 2016-2017 Lillian B. Feinstein Scholarship Recipients: Mirel Crumb and Emaleigh Grantz.
The Gallery and all events (see below) are open to the public; admission is free. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. weekends.
Bio on Conrad Bakker:
Currently a professor of art at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne. He received a bachelor of fine arts from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mi., and a master of fine arts from Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Among his awards are grants from the Creative Capital Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. His work has been the subject of articles and reviews in publications such as Frieze, Contemporary, Flash Art, Art Forum, ArtUS, Art Papers, Sculpture, UOVO, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and the New Yorker magazine. Over the past two decades Mr. Bakker’s work has been shown in numerable exhibitions, including those at the Tate Modern (London), Galerie Analix Forever (Geneva), Farbfabriken Center for Contemporary Art and Architecture (Stockholm), the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York City), the Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago; Art in General, Artist’s Space, and Apex Art (all New York City), Lora Reynolds Gallery (Austin, Tx.), the Contemporary Art Museum Houston, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, in mailboxes everywhere, and on his own front lawn.
Other events associated with Mr. Bakker’s visit and open to the public:
Wednesday Feb. 8
9:30-10:30a.m. - Process and Materials / Cress Gallery
12:40-1:40 p.m. - Professionalism Session / Cress Gallery
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Process & Materials / Cress Gallery
Thursday, Feb. 9
9:30-10:30 a.m. - Professionalism Session / Cress Gallery
If you require accommodations for this event, contact the UTC Department of Art at 423-425-4178, email Patricia-Kelley@utc.edu, or contact the UTC Disability Resource Center at 423-425-4006.
Location: The Cress is located in the lobby of the UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St., corner of Vine and Palmetto Streets.
Parking: After 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends, visitors to the Cress may park free in any nearby lot not marked “24 hour reserved”. Before 5 p.m. on weekdays, visitors may find limited nearby street parking or park in the 5th Street Garage near MacKenzie Arena for a $4 fee and stroll across campus to Vine Street. For more information about parking visit www.cressgallery.org.
For more information contact the director/curator at ruth-grover@utc.edu, or voice and text 423-304-9789.