COLLECTION NAME:
University Art Galleries (UMassD)
mediaCollectionId
UMASSDVRCVRC~43~43
University Art Galleries (UMassD)
Collection
true
exhibition_title:
Re/Figure: gods + monsters
exhibition_title
Re/Figure: gods + monsters
exhibition_title
false
exhibition_dates:
January - March 2007
exhibition_dates
January - March 2007
exhibition_dates
false
exhibition_year:
2007
exhibition_year
2007
exhibition_year
false
exhibition_location:
University Art Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Galleries)
exhibition_location
University Art Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Galleries)
exhibition_location
false
exhibition_curator:
Jennifer Pepper
exhibition_curator
Jennifer Pepper
exhibition_curator
false
exhibition_curator:
Organized by Cazenovia College Art Gallery
exhibition_curator
Organized by Cazenovia College Art Gallery
exhibition_curator
false
exhibition_note:
"Our final show of Fall 2006 semester, "RE:figure: gods + monsters," is a compelling show of seven national artists who make use of the human figure as subject," said Gallery Director Jennifer Pepper. "The theme of this highly charged visual show is the way in which each artist approaches the subject, illustrating the myriad interpretations and perceptions of the human condition identified as social creature, as hunter, as mother, as lover, as son, street warrior, cultural architect, mythological messenger, to name only a few. Some artists adhere strongly to painting traditions, while others make use of 3-D media that straddle walls and sit on top of intimate shelving. This is a show not to be missed." by Cazenovia College. http://www.cazenovi…
exhibition_note_
"Our final show of Fall 2006 semester, "RE:figure: gods + monsters," is a compelling show of seven national artists who make use of the human figure as subject," said Gallery Director Jennifer Pepper. "The theme of this highly charged visual show is the way in which each artist approaches the subject, illustrating the myriad interpretations and perceptions of the human condition identified as social creature, as hunter, as mother, as lover, as son, street warrior, cultural architect, mythological messenger, to name only a few. Some artists adhere strongly to painting traditions, while others make use of 3-D media that straddle walls and sit on top of intimate shelving. This is a show not to be missed." by Cazenovia College. http://www.cazenovia.edu/default.aspx?tabid=782
exhibition_note
false
exhibition_genre:
painting
exhibition_genre
painting
exhibition_genre
false
exhibition URL:
exhibition_url
http://www1.umassd.edu/cvpa/universityartgallery/past/2007/godsmonsters.cfm
exhibition URL
false
resourceID:
07yvonne_petkus_01
resource_id
07yvonne_petkus_01
resourceID
false
resourceID:
07yvonne_petkus_02
resource_id
07yvonne_petkus_02
resourceID
false
resourceID:
07yvonne_petkus_03
resource_id
07yvonne_petkus_03
resourceID
false
resourceID:
07yvonne_petkus_04
resource_id
07yvonne_petkus_04
resourceID
false
resourceID:
07yvonne_petkus_05
resource_id
07yvonne_petkus_05
resourceID
false
resource_type:
photographs
resource_type
photographs
resource_type
false
copyright notice:
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
copyright_notice
COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
copyright notice
false
credit line:
UMass Dartmouth Art Galleries
credit_line
UMass Dartmouth Art Galleries
credit line
false
artist name:
Petkus , Yvonne
artist_name
Petkus , Yvonne
artist name
false
artist_nationality:
American
artist_nationality
American
artist_nationality
false
artist_biographical note:
ARTIST STATEMENT: "I believe in making as a means to further understanding or thought and am drawn to the physicality and psychology possible in skin and through spatial manipulation. I work from a place of questioning, a desire to grasp an unknowable something. Through a sculptural approach to painting, my material and imagery shift and evolve to wade through psychological residues resulting in states of ambiguity, fragmentation, and distortion. The strategy is a distancing through physical and cognitive processing (distance, here, defined as using visual cues over realistic representation). I explore subtle destabilization through constant changes and conflations. Boundaries are broken, subverted, challenging language through tweaks and slips, moving just far enough away from the familiar to hopefully cause a pause, a hesitation. Using a repeated, mediated figure and the relationship between that figure and its environment, I aim for suggestion over specificity. It is about making a believable distortion that may lead to deeper content, formed into open narratives that are found through the back and forth, the push and shove, of the act of painting. It is about finding those small epiphanies that re-tell, in a new way, what we have always really known. The underlying mechanism is an acknowledgement, a meditation, on the beauty and horror of the limitations of language. The overarching goal is to use visceral cues and a shifting surface as evidence of the larger human struggle not in an ideal world but in this world."
artist_biographical_note
ARTIST STATEMENT: "I believe in making as a means to further understanding or thought and am drawn to the physicality and psychology possible in skin and through spatial manipulation. I work from a place of questioning, a desire to grasp an unknowable something. Through a sculptural approach to painting, my material and imagery shift and evolve to wade through psychological residues resulting in states of ambiguity, fragmentation, and distortion. The strategy is a distancing through physical and cognitive processing (distance, here, defined as using visual cues over realistic representation). I explore subtle destabilization through constant changes and conflations. Boundaries are broken, subverted, challenging language through tweaks and slips, moving just far enough away from the familiar to hopefully cause a pause, a hesitation. Using a repeated, mediated figure and the relationship between that figure and its environment, I aim for suggestion over specificity. It is about making a believable distortion that may lead to deeper content, formed into open narratives that are found through the back and forth, the push and shove, of the act of painting. It is about finding those small epiphanies that re-tell, in a new way, what we have always really known. The underlying mechanism is an acknowledgement, a meditation, on the beauty and horror of the limitations of language. The overarching goal is to use visceral cues and a shifting surface as evidence of the larger human struggle not in an ideal world but in this world."
artist_biographical note
false
artist_URL:
artist_url
http://www.yvonnepetkus.com/YvonnePetkus/Paintings.html
artist_URL
false
work_title:
[ Installation of Yvonne Petkus painitngs ]
work_title
[ Installation of Yvonne Petkus painitngs ]
work_title
false
work_medium:
oil on canvas
work_medium
oil on canvas
work_medium
false
work_technique:
painting oil
work_technique
painting oil
work_technique
false
work_date:
ca. 2006
work_date
ca. 2006
work_date
false
work_note:
"Yvonne Petkus, a professor from Bowling Green, Ken., expresses her "desire to understand an unknowable something" in five life-size nude self-portraits. The artist depicts herself in "a place of questioning," standing thigh-deep in a vast body of water bounded by heavy horizontal black borders. As the figure reaches out across the waves, she seems to be plumbing the waters for answers in this quest for truth. Her search is not without its scars, as evidenced by the titles, "Collapse" and "Wound. Ms. Petkus paints a thick buildup of multi-colored oil-paint daubs that she compares to the "buildup of experience." The paintings have a heavy coat of varnish that gives them a highly reflective surface, a literal echo of the reflective nature of her subject matter."
work_note
"Yvonne Petkus, a professor from Bowling Green, Ken., expresses her "desire to understand an unknowable something" in five life-size nude self-portraits. The artist depicts herself in "a place of questioning," standing thigh-deep in a vast body of water bounded by heavy horizontal black borders. As the figure reaches out across the waves, she seems to be plumbing the waters for answers in this quest for truth. Her search is not without its scars, as evidenced by the titles, "Collapse" and "Wound. Ms. Petkus paints a thick buildup of multi-colored oil-paint daubs that she compares to the "buildup of experience." The paintings have a heavy coat of varnish that gives them a highly reflective surface, a literal echo of the reflective nature of her subject matter."
work_note
false
work_reference:
Carter , Catherine . Artists probe contemporary issues through traditional methods. , Standard-Times correspondent, March 02, 2007
work_reference
Carter , Catherine . Artists probe contemporary issues through traditional methods. , Standard-Times correspondent, March 02, 2007
work_reference
false
work_reference:
work_reference
http://stevenlabadessa.com/home.html
work_reference
false
date_of_ record:
2013/02/02
date_of__record
2013/02/02
date_of_ record
false
name_cataloger:
ajc
name_cataloger
ajc
name_cataloger
false