Miguel Arzabe: Come Play Soccer in the Gallery, aZin seraj: close both eyes to see with the other eye, Art & Meditation: Prayer Beads for Giants
Three new shows in the Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Exhibition
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 to Saturday, November 14, 2009
Exhibition/WRAG hours: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Kroeber Hall 116
Reception: Wednesday, November 4, 4-7 PM
Exhibition: November 4-14, 2009
October 28, 2009 – The Worth Ryder Gallery is pleased to present our second exhibition of the Fall 2009 season. aZin seraj creates a visual tone poem in three channels, while Miguel Arzabe considers art-making as a competitive sport. A group show of Art and Meditation explores sculpture as a practice of mindfulness.
In two shows of new work, second-year MFA students Miguel Arzabe and aZin seraj experiment with the parameters of exhibition space and time. Come Play Soccer in the Gallery invites the public to recreate childhood soccer games in the artist’s mother’s basement. Close both eyes to see with the other eye explores the narrative and spiritual capacities of music and image in multiple dimensions. Art and Meditation students further explore memory and spirituality with their unique and deeply personal Prayer Beads for Giants.
The Worth Ryder Gallery is a laboratory for interdisciplinary research into the making, presentation and interpretation of art in our times. Curated exhibitions alternate with student shows, and reflect the educational mandate and diverse concerns of the university community. Collaborations with local and international artists, with university partners and with Bay Area art venues further serve to bring artists, students, thinkers and makers together in dialogue.
For more information, please contact Anuradha Vikram at avikram@berkeley.edu or 510.643.7064.
Worth Ryder Gallery
116 Kroeber Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Gallery hours Tuesday-Friday and closing Saturdays, 12-5 PM