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April Issue 2008
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
in Charleston, SC, Features Annual Student Exhibition
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston's School of the Arts in Charleston, SC, is presenting the 23rd annual juried student art exhibition, Young Contemporaries 2008, on view through Apr. 25, 2008. The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Halsey Institute, the Department of Studio Art, and the College of Charleston's Visual Arts Club.
This year's juror is Marc Trujillo, an urban landscape painter whose work borders on photo-realism. The artist depicts the big box retail stores, self-service gas stations, and fast-food chains that make up a large portion of the urban landscape. Trujillo currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
The Studio Art Department at the College offers instruction in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and photography. Each spring, students at the College who have shown exceptional artistic ability are invited to submit their work for jurying, in hopes of having their work exhibited in the professional gallery setting of the Halsey Institute. Works are available for sale at the discretion of the artist, and it is a great opportunity to purchase artwork by these emerging artists.
Concurrent with the Young Contemporaries show in the gallery is the Salon des Refusès in the student gallery. The origin of the "Salon des Refusès" dates back to Paris, 1863, when an exhibit was held by command of Napoleon III for those artists whose works had been refused by the jury of the official Salon. In 1863 the Salon rejected paintings, which caused such a protest from the rejected painters and their supporters that they formed their own exhibition, "Salon des Refusès." Among the painters in the "refused" show were Camille Pissaro, Henri Fantin-Latour, James M. Whistler and Edouard Manet.
For further info check our SC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the Halsey Institute at 843/953-5680 or
visit (www.halsey.cofc.edu).
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