Press Release: 03.3 Artists-in-Residence, Jeremy Deller, Kim Jones, Robyn
O'Neil
ARTISTS EXPLORE POLITICS, WAR, AND LIFE
10.22.03
CONTACT: Tara Elgin Holley, Director of External Affairs
210.212.4900 x122/tholley@artpace.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 22, 2003
An intergenerational group of resident artists explore the everyday nature of politics,
war, and life through enormous drawings and installations.
ArtPace is pleased to present new projects by 03.3 International Artists-in-Residence,
Jeremy Deller (London, England), Kim Jones (New York, New York), and Robyn O'Neil
(Houston, Texas). Join us Thursday, November 13, 2003, 6:30-8:30 PM, to celebrate the
opening of New Works: 03.3, and on Friday, November 14, 2003 at 6:30 PM for the
Artists' Dialogue, moderated by guest curator Laura Hoptman. A lunchtime Brown Bag
discussion of the exhibition will take place on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at 12:00
PM. Exhibition continues through January 25, 2004. Please call ArtPace for further
details.
About the Artists
Jeremy Deller is a constant traveler. Defying attempts at easy categorization, he
combines video, sound, ephemera, and photographs into works that excavate the history
of a particular region. Here he tackles Texas? only the mythical American state he
has read about, but also the reality he is discovering. With ArtPace as home base, Deller
has visited bat caves and other local haunts, traveled to the now-famed town of Crawford,
and interviewed a survivor of the Branch Davidian in Waco. In the gallery Deller will
weave together the social, political, and natural elements he is uncovering.
Known for his visceral, performative work as the roving "mudman," Kim Jones also
creates a breadth of installations that quietly observe conflict from a slightly greater
distance. At ArtPace he is filling the gallery with the latest in his ongoing series, The
War Drawings. Using pencil and eraser he is building a sprawling labyrinth of oceans,
cities, ramparts, and cannons?wo-dimensional world inhabited by two constantly
warring populations. Beginning the work on paper, here Jones has strayed far beyond its
borders, covering the surrounding white walls with a massive drawing.
Robyn O'Neil's monumental graphite work on paper is over twenty times the size of
any of her previous drawings, yet it features the same cast of anonymous men clad in
sweat suits she has imaged in earlier pieces. Set in a snowy valley beneath looming
clouds and swarming birds, the work teems with men laughing, falling, fighting, and
dying among curious groups of animals. Bosch-like in its epic nature and sense of
impending doom, the scene is imbued with an unsettling innocence? characters are
placed in the midst of, yet altogether oblivious to, imminent calamity.
About the Curator
Laura Hoptman is the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and organizer of the 2004 Carnegie International. Prior this
appointment she was Assistant Curator of Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art, New
York, New York, where she curated the widely acclaimed Drawing Now: Eight
Propositions and organized projects with artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, Yayoi
Kusama, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Hoptman also contributes to such publications as
Parkett, Frieze, and Flash Art International.
About ArtPace
ArtPace, A Foundation for Contemporary Art | San Antonio serves as an advocate for
contemporary art and as a catalyst for the creation of significant art projects. We seek to
nurture emerging and established artists and to provide opportunities for inspiration,
experimentation, and education. Through our International Artist-in-Residence Program,
we invite nine artists annually to participate in a two-month residency that supports the
evolution of new ideas in art. Our broad range of panels, lectures, artist talks, and studio
visits cultivates diverse audiences for contemporary art and provides a forum for ongoing
dialogue.
ArtPace is located downtown at 445 N. Main Avenue, between Savings and Martin
streets, San Antonio, TX. Free parking is available on the corner of Savings and Flores
streets. ArtPace is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, 12-5 PM, Thursday,
12-8 PM, and by appointment. Admission is free.
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