USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery
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Sandow Birk: Night Surfing (48x48", acrylic on canvas, 1997).
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Opens Saturday Apr 24, 2010 (6–9pm)
Apr 24, 2010 – June 26, 2010
Daily (8am–6pm)
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“This expanded and recontextualized exhibition builds on last year's installation at Black Cat Gallery, to now involve the experiences of the student body and larger community in the show. Ned Evans, Brent Bielmann, and John Van Hamersveld join the roster of artists whose work ranges from the surreal to the abstract, elegant to raw, poetic to political. Sandow Birk's 1997 painting Night Surfing and Norton Wisdom's Untitled Ocean Scene each depict a wide view of the open, beautiful and dangerous sea; Timothy Williams' equally intriguing yet threatening mixed-media assemblages use bullet-riddled, aged surfboards as their foundation. Steve Olson's sculpture, based on a full-scale, disarmed bomb, flirts with ideas of destruction and death. Just when you start to wonder how these surfers got so goth, Andy Moses' dappled and deliriously orbital paintings open up the space and catch the light, reminding everyone what they love about the ocean.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
USC Arts says: Local painters, sculptors and photographers explore the beauty of surfing, contrasting it with the urban violence around them. Darkwave is a dangerous, beautiful and challenging ride that explodes the usual paradigm of surf art. The exhibition was conceived by artist/curator Timothy Williams after he was held up at gunpoint in front of his Venice, Calif., studio.
