Produce

 

SPRING 2011

Produce Exhibitions presents The Yes Men
Lecture: Thursday, March 24, 7 pm
Anderson Lecture Hall, Room 17

Produce Exhibitions is excited to announce a lecture by the internationality recognized artist collective and activist group, The Yes Men. Represented at this event by Mike Bonanno, The Yes Men’s practice combines art and activism to question the systems that our contemporary culture is based on. Their work consists primarily of high-profile “impersonations” of representatives of large companies and organizations, the likes of which include ExxonMobil, BP, Dow Chemical, the World Trade Organization, and the US Chamber of Commerce, which have attracted substantial media attention with the intent of raising awareness of some of the problems with big business.


Anderson Hall is located at 12th and Berks Streets, Philadelphia.


This event is made possible with the help of Temple University’s Film and Media Arts Department, Temple University’s Art History Department, and Temple Student Government.

 

The Yes Men Fix the World (2009) Screenings
Hosted by Produce Exhibitions

Thursday, March 17, 6:30pm
Followed by open discussion lead by Jenny Shanker and Robert Blackson
Tyler School of Art, Room B004 (lower level)

Monday, March 28, 6:30pm
Followed by open discussion lead by Philip Glahn and Mark Shetabi
Tyler School of Art, Room B-004 (lower level)

Produce Exhibitions will be hosting two screenings of the film The Yes Men Fix the World, each followed by an open discussion about the relationship between art and activism. The film documents The Yes Men, an artist collective and activist group based in Troy, New York, as they work to “expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.”

FALL 2010

Inquiry/Invention: Lizz Hickey and Tom Bennett
October 27 - 30, 2010

Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery

Tyler School of Art, Temple University

12th and Norris Streets

Reception Thursday, October 28, 7-9 pm

Gallery talk with Liz Hickey: Thursday, Oct 28, 6 pm

        

Produce is proud to present an exhibition featuring the work of Lizz Hickey and Tom Bennett. By means of dramatic rendering and stylistic reinterpretation of the human figure, the paintings and etchings in this show offer the viewer an opportunity to consider the way they think about their own reality. Hickey’s prints (image, right) embody a strong sense of humor with which the artist approaches ideas of fiction. Bennett (image, left) enters into a similar discourse about perception and actuality with his paintings, utilizing distortion and exaggeration to prompt thoughts about representation and accuracy. In pairing these artists, it is Produce’s goal to invite the viewer to contemplate fact and fiction, and the relationship between the two.


Lizz Hickey received her BFA in Printmaking from SUNY Purchase in 2008, and works primarily in etching and monoprint techniques. She lives and works in Brooklyn. Tom Bennett is a Brooklyn based painter. He received a BFA in Painting from the University of Connecticut in 1982.

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.


Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery is located on the lower level of Tyler School of Art, 2001 North 13th Street, Philadelphia. 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.

SPRING 2009


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.

FALL 2008

 



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.

FALL 2007



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