Renowned Artist Lectures At Colorado State University
Thursday, April 9, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Artist Byron Kim, whose work with color,
culture and race has captured national recognition, will lecture
at Colorado State University April 16.
Kim will present a talk titled "Byron Kim, Abstract Painter"
at 7 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Theatre on campus. The
lecture is free and open to the public.
In conjunction with the lecture, an exhibition of Kim's
abstract oil paintings, titled "Byron Kim: Process," is on
display until May 1. The show includes 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. The exhibition is in
the Hatton Gallery in the Visual Arts Building on campus. The
gallery is open 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays and 1-4 p.m.
Saturdays. All exhibits are free and open to the public.
"Byron Kim's work is especially thought-provoking," said
Lenny Frickman, Hatton Gallery director. "His work belongs to the
multicultural discourse of the 1990s, yet also engages the
tradition of painting of our century."
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.
Kim's visit is part of the art department's Critic and
Artist Residency Series, a program developed to bring national
and international artists and art critics to campus. 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 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.
For more information, call the Hatton Gallery office at
(970) 491-7634.
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