Altered Space media previews from Gazette, Westword
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Bold art alters space FAC curators take on unpredictable exhibit By Mark Arnest, The Gazette (Feb. 1)
Altered Space: 21st Century Installation Art is the riskiest exhibition the Fine Arts Center has hosted in years, say curators Blake Milteer and Tariana Navas-Nieves. “We’re committed to balancing our traditional role as an anchor for the community and going out on a limb,” Milteer said. “Part of what a curator does is create a beautiful, cohesive exhibit,” he said. “This is different.”
Rooms with a View FAC MODERN dedicates a show to installation art By Susan Froyd, Westword (Jan. 31)
“(Matt Barton) says, ‘I want the overall sense of the work to be positive, fantastic and wonderful while being woven with what can, on the surface, be thought of as dark.’ That means his room might be haunted by stuffed animals and found animated video clips or, somehow, a tornado. Hi-tech and lo-tech, heaven and hell.”