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Robert
F. DeCaprio Art Gallery
The Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery is a meeting
ground for students of Moraine Valley, the local community, and the contemporary
art world. Our mission is to present significant works, through exhibitions and
programming, by local, national, and international artists.
Exhibits are available for viewing
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and during most Fine and Performing Arts Center
performances.
For information, contact Jennifer Kiekeben, Art
Gallery coordinator,
at (708)
608-4231 or
Kiekebenj@morainevalley.edu.
Spring 2010
Exhibits
Fall 2010
Exhibits
 Poissons
de Chant (The Singing Fish)
Tom Lundquist
Aug. 16-Sept. 16
Reception: Thursday, August 26, 2-4 p.m.
The Fall season of exhibitions in the Robert F DeCaprio Art Gallery
opens with the weird and wonderful “Poissons de Chant” - a series of
prints illustrating the adventures of a mythical troupe of singing fish
from Montreal. The fish and their escapades are the digital imaginings
of California-based artist Tom Lundquist.
The 18 works in this exhibition were
produced using digital modeling and digital painting techniques.
Lundquist turned to computer imagery after spending much of his youth
making elaborately detailed drawings. The ability to create much more
complex images using technology was an "irresistible enticement," states
Lundquist, "and I was willing to put aside traditional drawing values to
do it."
In his intriguing picture-stories of the
“Poissons” we find a cast of characters including production assistants,
agents, accountants, and animal performers that work for the fish. The
fish themselves are usually hidden in ingenious ways. Intriguing and
amusing titles such as ‘Negotiating with Sheep’ and ‘The poissons push
forward with their plan to rescue Rene Magritte’ pull us into a surreal
and distorted fishbowl world. Layers of intricate detail invite the
viewer to return again and again to try to fathom the mysteries of these
charming visual puzzles.
The narrative that the prints illustrate
doesn't in fact exist. Many people have urged Lundquist to write a story
to go with the illustrations (there are 73 in the series, so far!), but
the artist has replied that, "the only thing I really enjoy doing is
making pictures." The viewer must concoct his or her own stories behind
the singing fish from Montreal.
Tom Lundquist lives in Santa Monica,
California, and is Professor of Drawing and Computer Graphics at Santa
Monica College. His work has been shown throughout the United States.
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