Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 PHONE: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 [log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH, SPANBORD, SUB-ARCH *** Forwarding note from RPLATT --CMSNAMES 09/19/95 06:40 *** Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from ASUACAD (NJE origin SMTP@ASUACAD) by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 1570; Tue, 19 Sep 1995 06:40:07 -0700 Received: from MIT.EDU by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Tue, 19 Sep 95 06:40:05 MST Received: from mac-112-1.media.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA23118; Tue, 19 Sep 95 09:40:47 EDT Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 09:28:19 From: [log in to unmask] (ronald p. platt) To: [log in to unmask] Subject: please post the following 'ape' related info - thanks! Exhibition dates: October 7-December 10, 1995 Opening reception: Friday, October 6, 5-7 pm talk by Jane Goodall: Monday, November 20, 7 pm NEXT OF KIN: LOOKING AT THE GREAT APES opens List Center's 10th anniversary season Next of Kin: Looking at the Great Apes presents work by six contemporary US artists who examine the charged and often contradictory relationships between humans and the great apes. Walton Ford, Daisy Youngblood, Sean Landers, Richard Ross, James Balog and Jean Lowe either critique or look beyond the historical archetypes which tend to dominate contemporary consideration of our simian relatives. Through a variety of aesthetic approaches these artists focus upon notions of what is human and what is animal; evolutionary and behavioral links between humans and the great apes; the institutional treatment of apes; and the ape's symbolic role as a stand-in for aberrant or unseemly human behavior. Colorado photographer James Balog combines portraiture and wildlife photography in intimate and revealing portraits of chimpanzees which focus upon their sitters' individuality and reveal striking similarities between our two species. New York painter Walton Ford's Procrustes in Africa examines the unseen role museums play in the accumulation of their collections. Painted upon the backs of three free-standing crates are scenes of a gorilla hunt, while within the coffin-like crates Ford has arranged photographic and forensic "evidence" to further challenge our assumptions about the museum's supposed neutrality. Sean Landers (New York) use of the chimp in recent paintings, sculpture and video conflates historical characterizations of apes in art with his own constructed "loser" persona. For Next of Kin Jean Lowe (California) has created Gentlemen's Club, a new room-sized installation which embeds within a seemingly facile facade of faux-18th century wallpaper, ornamental carpets and papier mache furniture a pictorial narrative which examines the treatment of apes within the entertainment and medical research industries. Richard Ross' (California) seductive color photographs of museum displays address the presentation of animals as artifacts, calling into question the outdated modes of ordering nature which remain entrenched within our institutions. Daisy Youngblood's (Arizona) abstracted sculptures of apes are hand-molded and baked in fires to achieve their rough and smoky surfaces. Youngblood imbues them with a primitive spirit in which we recognize our selves. Next of Kin is accompanied by a 48-page catalog including full-color reproductions of works in the exhibition and essays by exhibition curator Ron Platt and contributing authors Harriet Ritvo and Tommy L. Lott. The catalog is available at the gallery desk or by mail. In conjunction with the exhibition the List Visual Arts Center will present a special lecture by Dr. Jane Goodall at MIT's Huntington Hall (Building 10, Rm 250) on Monday, November 20 at 7 pm. Admission is free and open to the public; seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. LIST CENTER HOURS: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 12-6; Wednesday: 12-8; Saturday and Sunday: 1-5. Informal gallery talks by List Center curators every Wednesday from 12:30-1:30. THE LIST CENTER IS LOCATED AT 20 AMES STREET IN CAMBRIDGE, a short walk from the Kendall Square Red Line T Station. List Center exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. For information please call Ron Platt at 617 253 4400 ([log in to unmask])