Renowned Painter Visits Colorado State University For Critic And Artist Residency Series
Thursday, March 12, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Artist Byron Kim, whose work with color,
culture and race has gained national recognition, will come to
Colorado State University as part of the Critic and Artist
Residency Series. The series was developed by the art department
to bring national and international artists and art critics to
campus.
Kim will present a lecture about his work at 7 p.m. April 16
in the Lory Student Center Theatre on campus. The lecture is free
and open to the public.
Kim's work has been featured in the Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, the 1993 Biennial, Whitney Museum of American
Art and the Wadsworth Antheneum.
"Byron Kim is an important young artist whose work is
especially thought-provoking," said Linny Frickman, Hatton
Gallery director. "We're delighted that he will be presenting his
perspectives to the university and broader community."
An exhibition of Kim's abstract oil paintings, titled "Byron
Kim: Process," will run from
March 23-May 1. The show will include five large paintings and
many related studies and drawings that challenge assumptions
about identity, culture and race, and that provide viewers a rare
glimpse into the artist's working process.
During his residency at Colorado State, Kim will be involved
in open forums for the campus community and will join an
intensive series of critiques in classrooms and with individuals.
The Critic and Artist Residency Series was founded in 1997
with an anonymous $1 million endowment given to the art
department. The program was developed by the art department as a
way to put students, faculty and the community in touch with the
latest creative thinking and practices in the art world.
In addition to the Critic and Artist Residency Series, the
endowment is being used to maintain and enhance the Stanley G.
Wold Visual Resource Center, an electronic library housed in the
Visual Arts Building on campus. The center includes CD-ROM and
video players, disk storage, study carrels, a slide library and a
book library.
For more information, call the Hatton Gallery office at
(970) 491-7634.
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