Cornell
Museum Exhibit Parallels Comics and Fine Art
Winter Park, FL —The Cornell Fine
Arts Museum at Rollins College looks back at the 20 th -century and into
the new millenium with the exhibition Bizarro World! The Parallel
Universes of Comics & Fine Art . The show's creative
and rebellious nature grew out of a collaboration of the Cornell Museum's
curator of exhibitions, Theo Lotz, and guest co-curator Ronald Abram,
assistant professor of art at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Bizarro
World! opens to the public Friday, March 17, with a reception
sponsored by Pebbles Restaurant of Winter Park and ABC Fine Wine &
Spirits, from 6 to 8 p.m., and continues through Sunday, April 30.
Inspired by the 1950s Superman
comic book series, Tales of Bizarro World (recently made notorious
in a "Seinfeld" episode), the exhibition has a topsy-turvy structure that
emphasizes the attraction of opposites. In the comic book, Bizarro
Superman , about someone who represents an imperfect duplicate of
Superman, the main character lives a skewed parallel existence to the
"real" Superman on the astonishingly squared planet called Bizarro.
Bizarro World! The
Parallel Universes of Comics & Fine Art examines compelling
styles and storytelling techniques developed by popular and underground
comic book artists and the mutual influences of their work on the so-called
"high arts" of painting, printmaking, drawing, etc. This high-concept
exhibition illustrates the influences of comic book artists on "fine artists"
with works by 33 of the best-known names in contemporary art, and is exhibited
with a wide range of media, including paintings, drawings, prints, video,
and performance art.
Bizarro World!
features works by such artists as R. Crumb, Will Eisner, Dan Clowes, Charles
Burns, Philip Guston, Peter Saul, Roger Brown, Tony Oursler, and Carroll
Dunham, among others, and mixes personal with popular, as artists demonstrate
intense — and sometimes controversial — visions.
Attached is a schedule of related
events to complement Bizarro World! The Parallel Universes
of Comics & Fine Art . This exhibition has been partially
funded by a grant from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division
of Cultural Affairs, through the Florida Arts Council. For further details,
call the Cornell Museum at 407-646-2526 or visit the Cornell's web site
www.rollins.edu/cfam . The Cornell Museum is located
on the Winter Park campus of Rollins College. There is no admission fee.
Related events for Bizarro
World! The Parallel Universes of Comics & Fine Art :
| Sunday 19
March
3 p.m. |
Gallery Talk |
Bizarro World! The Parallel
Universes of Comics &Fine Art co-curators, Theo
Lotz and Ronald Abram present a gallery talk on the exhibition.
Theo Lotz is curator
of exhibitions for the Cornell Museum and Ronald Abram is assistant
professor of art at Dennison University in Granville, Ohio. |
| Sunday 26
March
3 p.m. |
Symposium |
Thomas P. Johnson distinguished visiting
scholars and artist, Will Eisner, Denis Kitchen, and Dr. Joseph Witek
facilitate a panel discussion on The Parallel Universes
of Comics &Fine Art.
Will
Eisner is a world renowned comic book artist and creator of "The
Spirit." Denis Kitchen is a comic book historian and important publisher
of comics, and Dr. Joseph Witek is a professor of English at Stetson
University in Deland, Florida. |
| Monday
27 March
9:30 a.m. |
Lecture |
Special guest, Orlando Sentinel political
cartoonist Dana Summers talks about his work |
| Sunday
9 April
3 p.m. |
Film |
Sunday film series presents "Comic Book
Confidential" |
Tuesday
11 April
2 p.m. |
Lecture
|
Artist
Samantha Simpson presents a lecture on her work for the "Art in
the Afternoon" program. |
For further details,
call the Cornell Museum at 407-646-2526 or visit the Cornell's web site
www.rollins.edu/cfam . The Cornell Museum is located
on the Winter Park campus of Rollins College. There is no admission fee.
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