Animal Magnetism - OCCCA, Orange County Center For Contemporary Art

Animal Magnetism OCCCA, Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
Deadline for entries: Saturday, July 21, 2008

An all media national juried exhibition
Exhibition runs: September 4 - 28, 2008
Reception: September 6, 6 PM to 10 PM

Juror:
Mat Gleason, editor and publisher of Coagula Art Magazine

Recently praised by the British critic Julian Stallabrass in his book, Art Incorporated, The Story of Contemporary Art, Mat Gleason has a keen eye for quality and authenticity, ferocious wit and an intimate knowledge of the jungle.

A catalog of accepted works will accompany this exhibition.

Deadline for entries: July 21, 2008
(received not postmarked)

Animals, real and imaginary. We fear them, pamper them, tame them, trap them, eat them, lobby on their behalf, experiment on them, strut them as status symbols, and exterminate them. How do contemporary artists represent them?

From the caves of Lascaux, to the halls of the Louvre, there is no escaping them. With their long pedigree in the history of art, they prowl the great museums of the world. And today, animals leap from the work of contemporary artists, symbolically expressing their ideas and emotions. OCCCA's terrific exhibition space will showcase a menagerie of superb examples of this trend, from the traditional to the avant-garde, from the realistic to the fantastic, in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and new media.

Further information
http://www.occca.org/CallForArt.html

Orange County Center For Contemporary Art
117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana, CA 92701
714 667 1517
http://www.occca.org