ARTISTS RECEPTION
December 15, 2001
7-9 P.M. Nelson Fine Arts Center
While the artists included in Not Quite Myself Today most definitely have a personal presence in their videos, their work is not synonymous with their true selves or with their chosen role as artists. Rather, their work reflects an interest in how perceptions about artists in general are formed – not only by others, but also by the individual artists themselves. The works in the exhibition address the stereotypes, processes, development and struggles associated with being an artist in today’s media-competitive world. They explore a variety of lingering questions with respect to artistic identity:
“Who am I?;” “how do others perceive me?;” “how did I get this way?;” and “who do I wish I could be?”
The Artists
Not Quite Myself Today includes the work of:
Alex Bag (NY)
S.E. Barnet (LA)
Sanford Biggers (NY)
Matt Marello (NY)
Jennifer Reeder (CHI)
Guy Richards Smit (NY)
Kerry Tribe (LA)
Jennifer Zackin (NY)
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by John D. Spiak, Not Quite Myself Today will be installed in the 2,800-square-foot Kresge Gallery of the Arizona State University Art Museum at the Nelson Fine Arts Center.
Duration
Not Quite Myself Today (December 15, 2001 – March 3, 2002) is open Tuesday from 10 am to 9 pm, Wednesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday from 1 pm to 5 pm.
Acknowledgments
Not Quite Myself Today is supported in part by Friends of the Arizona State University Art Museum.
The Arizona State University Art Museum would like to thank the following for their help in recognizing this exhibition:
The Artists – Alex Bag, S.E. Barnet, Sanford Biggers, Matt Marello, Jennifer Reeder, Guy Richards Smit, Jennifer Zackin and Kerry Tribe for her work Double, the original inspiration for this exhibition.
Jerome Jacobs at Aeroplastics, Joel Beck and Christian Viveros-Faune at Roebling Hall, Kathleen Vanesian, Tyler Stallings at Laguna Art Museum, Thelma Golden and Christine Y. Kim at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Vikki Dempsey at Access Tucson, John Thomson at Electronic Arts Intermix (E.A.I.), Chris Bogia at American Fine Arts, Martin Durazo at Miller Durazo Fine Arts, Bill Maynes Gallery, NFA Space and Julia Friedman Gallery.
The ASU Art Museum Preparator Staff – Stephen Johnson, Ted Troxel, Bill Brauckman, Emily Winters and James Freeman.
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