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UB Art Galleries to exhibit artists as part of "Beyond/In Western New York"
By KRISTIN E.M. RIEMER
Reporter Contributor
The UB Art Gallery and the UB Anderson Gallery will exhibit the work of several local and regional artists as part of "Beyond/In Western New York," the largest collaborative art exhibition ever held in Buffalo Niagara.
Carin Mincemoyer, "Grounded (Juniper)," detail, 2004, Styrofoam container, soil and plants. Mincemoyer is a UB M.F.A. student.
The exhibitions will open tomorrow with receptions from 5-7 p.m. in the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, North Campus, and from 8-10 p.m. in the Anderson Gallery, located on Martha Jackson Place off Englewood Avenue near Kenmore Avenue adjacent to the UB South Campus.
The exhibition, which will free and open to the public at both UB locations, will be on view through June 19.
The installations at the UB Art Gallery will feature the work of artists Leslie Eliet of Ithaca, Mark Gomes of Etobicoke, Ontario, and Carin Mincemoyer of Buffalo. In an era threatened by environmental collapse, the work of Eliet, Gomes and Mincemoyer investigates encounters between people and the earth that include tactile immersion, conceptual interpretation, scientific study and metaphysical awareness.
On opening night, a performance at 6 p.m. by electric violinist Ritsu Katsumata of Williamsport, Pa., will accompany Eliet's installation.
The Anderson Gallery is exhibiting the work of artists Sadko of Toronto and Kate Ross of Kenmore. The paintings and performances of Sadko and Ross employ humor and social critique in exploring an array of anxieties endemic to contemporary life at the turn of the 21st century.
Ross will perform "Win a Real Texan Meal" at 9 p.m. on opening night.
"Beyond/In Western New York 2005," the expanded biennial exhibition founded by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 1977 as "In Western New York," will showcase new work by 58 emerging and established artists from Southern Ontario, and Western and Central New York in 13 venues. The exhibition will premiere at staggered openings during April at each of the institutions. The artists' work will remain on view at all locations through June 19.
Among the UB artists exhibiting work, and the locations of their exhibitions, are Marc Böhlen, assistant professor, Department of Media Study, Burchfield-Penney Art Center; Millie Chen, associate professor, Department of Art, Buffalo Arts Studio; Tony Conrad, professor, Department of Media Study, Burchfield-Penney Art Center; Meg Knowles, equipment and facilities manager, Department of Media Study, Burchfield-Penney Art Center; Caroline Koebel, assistant professor, Department of Media Study, CEPA Gallery; Jolene Rickard, associate professor, Department of Art History, Langston Hughes Institute; and Paul Vanouse, associate professor, Department of Art, Big Orbit Gallery.
The UB Art Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday through May 31. After May 31, the gallery will be open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Anderson Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.