Produce
On Wednesday, April
1, Produce Exhibitions will
celebrate the opening of Tyler
School of Art with Print
Liberation, a self-titled,
site-specific installation project
by the creative visual duo of Jamie
Dillon and Nick Paparone, local
artists who have found success both
in Philadelphia and around the world
for their non-traditional, DIY
practices in printmaking and graphic
design.
Transplanting visual,
material, and aural aspects of their
company workspace and
entrepreneurial history into the
Tyler Student Lounge Gallery, Dillon
and Paparone will engage
gallery-goers with ideas of consumer
culture and their own professional
practice while dually imposing their
commercial “artifacts” and
production residue into the dynamic
of the “white cube” space. Print
Liberation opens on Wednesday,
April 1, 2009 and Nick Paparone and
Jamie Dillon will be conducting a
lecture at 11 am that day. The
opening reception will be held on
April 2, 2009 at 7:30pm, and the
show will remain open to the public
through Saturday, April 11, with a
closing performance set for Monday,
April 13. Produce has also organized
a Print Liberation-inspired
printmaking event on Wednesday,
April 15 in conjunction
with Temple University’s Spring
Fling.
Nick Paparone and
Jamie Dillon's commerce-driven
experiment called Print Liberation
is a grassroots, creative company
currently based in Philadelphia that
specializes in non-traditional
graphic design, posters, print ad
campaigns, and t-shirt design. Their
work has been featured in New York
Times Style, LA Times, Creativity
Magazine, Nylon, New York Style
Magazine, and Philadelphia Weekly
and their designs have been used by
Urban Outfitters, Free People,
Philly Car Share, and Nike. More
information can be found on their
website,
www.printliberation.com.
Produce Exhibitions
is an organization devoted to
coordinating shows of nationally and
internationally known artists.
Through the program, undergraduate
students at Tyler School of Art have
the opportunity to learn how to
successfully organize exhibitions
and work with reputable artists with
the guidance of the Exhibitions and
Public Programs Department at
Tyler. Produce aspires to introduce
students, faculty, and the
Philadelphia community to their
exhibiting artists. In the past
Produce has worked with Center for
Tactical Magic, Quentin Davis, Kate
Gilmore, Trenton Doyle Hancock,
David Howe, Benjamin Kinsley, Steven
Lam, Nelson Loskamp, Jon Manteau,
Tim Murphy, and Zoe Strauss.
For more information,
please contact Produce Exhibitions
at
produce.exhibitions@gmail.com or
call Exhibitions and Public Programs
at Tyler School of Art,
215-777-9144.
Kate Gilmore
Tyler Gallery
Tyler School of Art, Temple
University
7725 Penrose Ave, Elkins Park
October 15 – October 25
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October
14, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
In her work, Kate Gilmore takes on
the roles of specific characters who
coordinate their costumes with the
settings in which they attempt to
complete difficult tasks, which may
or may not result in success. As an
artist who views her work as sited
among sculpture, video, and
performance, Gilmore deals with the
female experience in a way that
exemplifies the idea of struggle:
“the struggle to make it past
something, or to achieve something,
or this kind of against all odds
scenario.” Gilmore’s videos embrace
both humor and empathy while
referencing painterly composition
and color and the “endurance”
performance of the 70s.
Gilmore will show a new sculpture
and a corresponding video along with
a selection of earlier works.
Kate Gilmore received a BFA from
Bates College in 1997 and an MFA
from the School of Visual Arts in
2002. She has exhibited in solo
shows at spaces including Artspace
in San Antonio, Texas;
Maisterravalbuena Galeria in Madrid,
Spain; and CESAC Centro Sperimentale
Per Le Arti Contemporanee in
Caraglio, Italy; and various group
exhibitions.
Gilmore was recently awarded the
Rome Prize from the American Academy
in Rome (2007). She is also
currently exhibiting at Institute of
Contemporary Art at University of
Pennsylvania until December 2008,
and in the winter will show at
Granco Soffianto Arte Contemporanea
in Turin, Italy.
A reception will be held on Tuesday,
October 14 at 6:00 p.m. at Tyler
Gallery, Tyler Hall, Tyler School of
Art in Elkins Park. The artist will
participate in a Q&A in the gallery
at 7:00 p.m.
This exhibition is organized by
Produce Exhibitions President Sheila
Whitsett and Treasurer Angela Washko.
Trenton Doyle Hancock Lecture
Thursday, November, 15, 11:00am
Presidents Hall Auditorium
Vanessa, 2006, digital print, dimensions variable
Works In
Progress by Zoe Strauss
curated by Produce Exhibitions
listed as a Critic's Pick on Artforum.com
Tyler Gallery
October 24 - November 3 2007
