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Temple Gallery has announced its 2010-2011 exhibition schedule!

All exhibitions are located in the Temple Gallery on the first floor of the Tyler School of Art, located on 12th and Norris streets. Gallery hours are 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Wednesday through Saturday, and by appointment. For additional information on the exhibits below, visit www.temple.edu/tyler/exhibitions.



Yevgeniy Fiks' "Communist Conspiracy in Art Threatens American Museums"
Wednesday, Sept. 8 – Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010
Opening: Friday, Sept. 24, 6:00-8:00 PM
Curated by Stamatina Gregory

Taking its title from a 1952 quote by former Michigan Congressman George A. Dondero -- best known for his widely publicized claims that modern art was a Communist plot hatched to bring down the U.S. -- this exhibition explores the historical ties between modern art and 20th century communist movements. Comprising prints, drawings, sculpture and reenacted speeches, Fiks’ installation imagines an artistic trajectory located between fact and fiction, between accusations from Washington and directives from Moscow, posing questions on the fundamental relationship between Communism and Modernism.

Several programs are planned in conjunction with "Communist Conspiracy in Art Threatens American Museums," including a lecture at Temple's Paley Library, followed by a public discussion about his work and its relationship to politics with students from Tyler School of Art. All events are free and open to the public. Click here for details about this and other upcoming public programs.

Image credit: Yevgeniy Fiks, Tour of MoMA with Congressman Dondero ("Communist Conspiracy in Art Threatens American Museums"), 2010. Digital print. Courtesy the artist and Winkleman Gallery, NY.




"Lead Pencil Studio"
Wednesday, Dec. 1 – Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011

Lead Pencil Studio is a Seattle-based art and architecture collaborative founded by Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo. Working collaboratively on projects since 2002, their interdisciplinary practice investigates the social and perceptual aspects of spatial conditions at the architectural scale. They have received many prestigious awards and grants including the New York Prize by the Van Alen Institute (2009), the Artist Trust Fellowship (2009), the Founders Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome (2008), and Creative Capital (2006). They have exhibited their work internationally and in solo exhibitions at the Boise Art Museum, ID (2009) and Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle (2006). Their practice is self-described as "architecture in reverse... our projects are everything about architecture with none of its function... spaces with no greater purpose than to be perceived and question the certainty posited by the man-made world."

Image credit: Lead Pencil Studio. Minus Space, 2005, site-specific installation at the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle.


MFA 2011 Thesis Exhibitions
Wednesday, March 16 – Saturday, May 14, 2011

Each spring, Temple University's Tyler School of Art Master of Fine Arts candidates participate in a series of solo thesis exhibitions, occurring weekly. The thesis exhibitions are the culmination of each student's two-year career at Tyler and represent, for many, their first professional one-person exhibition. The series includes students from all Tyler departments and an array of media: painting, sculpture, glass, printmaking, metals, graphic design, fibers, photography, ceramics and more.