Preview: “Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends” at Begovich Gallery
When I was five, my mom told me about a friend of hers whose mother-in-law died on road trip through Arizona. They wrapped her body in a sleeping bag and put her on the roof of the car to transport back home for a decent funeral. The family stopped at cafe, and the car was…
PreviewThe Drawings of Laurie Lipton: What Lies Between the Black and White
Laurie Lipton drawings reveal her influences and inspirations: Religious paintings from the Flemish school, Durer, Van Eyck, Goya combine with Diane Arbus and the effects of watching black white TV shows as a child living in a color-filled world. She explains: Black and white is the color of ancient photographs and old TV shows… it…
“Beyond the Dark Veil” Ushers in the Beautiful Death at CSU Fullerton’s Begovich Gallery
Step beyond the veil into the haunting and beautiful world of the dead as the California State University Fullerton’s Begovich Gallery presents “Beyond the Dark Veil: PostMortem and Mourning Photography from The Thanatos Archive,” curated by Jacqueline Ann Bunge Barger, running November 2 though December 12, 2013. The Thanatos Archive houses an extensive collection of…
Exclusive Preview, Photos: “Beyond the Dark Veil: PostMortem and Mourning Photography from The Thanatos Archive”
November 2nd, on the heels of Halloween, on the Day of the Dead and All Souls Day, November 2, Cal State Fullerton’s Begovich Gallery opens “Beyond the Dark Veil: PostMortem and Mourning Photography from The Thanatos Archive,” a haunting and sublime exploration of love and loss featuring Victorian post-mortem and mourning photography from the Thantos Archive.…
Closing Weekend of “Common Tread” at Begovich Gallery, Cal State Fullerton
“Common Tread: Traversing the American Landscape” is a group art exhibition about the great American road trip curated by Martha Lourdes Rocha and Martin Lorigan. Last summer the two curators road tripped to galleries from sea to shining sea, then spent four months installing this impressive show, now in its last week at the…