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| Metaplasmic
Drawings & Paintings
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| Who:
Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery |
| What:
Metaplasmic: Recent Drawings and Paintings by Manuel Pardo |
| When:
February 1 – March 6, 2003 (Closed Monday, February 17) Opening
Reception: 7-10 p.m., Saturday, February 1, 2003 |
| Hours:
12-4 p.m. Monday – Thursday & 12-2 p.m. Saturday |
| Where:
Visual Arts Center, California State University, Fullerton 800
North State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA |
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| Background:
Cuban-born New York artist Manuel Pardo will exhibit 20
new works at Cal State Fullerton’s Main Art Gallery in an exhibition
titled Metaplasmic: Recent Drawings and Paintings by Manuel Pardo. |
| In
addition, there will be a continuous viewing of a video documenting
the artist's murals at the JFK Airport in New York City. The flat,
highly-stylized paintings and drawings that make up this exhibition
are exquisite variations on a single subject: the same carefully-posed
and idealized woman appears over and over with ever-changing elaborate
hairdos, high-fashion patterned wardrobes, stiletto heels, large dangly
earrings and dainty handbags. The color palette for the paintings
is reminiscent of the 1950s. "Technicolor—that's the tint of the times
I grew up in," explains Pardo. In these "portraits" the artist unabashedly
celebrates his mother (a medical professional who, after immigrating
to the US from Cuba, worked in a factory to support her children).
The portraits are also about being gay and transforming clichés into
the iconography of his art. "All his works are concerned with deconstructing
or breaking down stereotypes and prejudices." (Gerard A. Goodrow,
director of contemporary art, Christie's International, London) Pardo
has had numerous solo exhibitions and his work has been exhibited
widely in the United States, Europe and Mexico. Originally scheduled
for Fall 2001, this exhibit was delayed as Pardo’s studio was evacuated
due to its proximity to the World Trade Center. A 48-page catalogue
documenting this exhibition will be available mid-February. |
| Admission:
FREE Internet Site: http://www.arts.fullerton.edu/events/
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| General
Info: Main Art Gallery at 714-278-3262 |
| Media
Contacts: Marilyn Moore, Art Gallery Office at (714) 278-7750
Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at (714) 278-2434 |
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