CCA Wattis Institute Presents The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers
San Francisco, July 17, 2008
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts will present The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers from September 2, 2008, through August 29, 2009, in the upper-level Logan Galleries on the San Francisco campus of California College of the Arts. The exhibition is organized by Jens Hoffmann, director of the Wattis Institute. It is free and open to the public, with an opening reception on Tuesday, September 2, from 6–8 p.m. On the first Tuesday of every month during the run of the show, there will be a short artist talk at 7 p.m. followed by a small reception with refreshments (please see the schedule below).
The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers will continue the format of the 2007–8 exhibition Passengers, but with one significant change. As before, at the beginning of every month, one of the artists from the group portion of the show will move into the central "cube" to present a solo show, and then at the end of the month he or she will leave the exhibition completely. But there will no longer be a new artist introduced each month to replace the departing artist. Thus, the exhibition will eventually reach an endpoint—a solo presentation of the remaining single artist—in August 2009.
The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers will continue to present new work in sculpture, video, film, photography, collage, and drawing by emerging international artists who have not yet had a solo exhibition in an American public art institution. Inspired by the ways in which artists and curators, working in a globalized context, pass through places and become witnesses of our time, the exhibition functions as a vehicle by which artists travel to San Francisco from around the world. Many of them create new commissions and site-specific installations for the Wattis Institute.
Featured artists:
TAUBA AUERBACH
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 (5 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: September 2–October 4, 2008
KRIS MARTIN
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: October 7–November 1, 2008
DIRK STEWEN
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: November 4–29, 2008
KIRSTEN PIEROTH
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: December 2, 2008–January 3, 3009
COLTER JACOBSEN
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: January 6–31, 2009
JORDAN WOLFSON
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: February 3–28, 2009
KRISTEN MORGIN
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: March 3–April 4, 2009
PETER COFFIN
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: April 7–May 2, 2009
ABRAHAM CRUZVILLEGAS
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: May 5–30, 2009
CLAIRE FONTAINE
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: June 2–July 3, 2009
MARIO GARCIA TORRES
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: July 7–August 1, 2009
AURELIEN FROMENT
Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 (7 p.m.)
Solo exhibition: August 4–29, 2009
Founding support for CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts programs has been provided by Phyllis C. Wattis and Judy and Bill Timken. Generous support provided by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Grants for the Arts / San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Ann Hatch and Paul Discoe, and the CCA Curator's Forum.
Passengers 2.12: Aurelien Froment is kindly supported by Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art, a program of FACE.
About the CCA Wattis Institute
The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts was established in 1998 in San Francisco at California College of the Arts. It serves as a forum for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary art and curatorial practice. Through groundbreaking exhibitions, the Capp Street Project residency program, lectures, symposia, and publications, the Wattis Institute has become one of the leading art institutions in the United States and an active site for contemporary culture in the Bay Area.
About California College of the Arts
Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts is noted for the interdisciplinarity and breadth of its programs. It offers studies in 20 undergraduate and seven graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design, and writing. The college offers bachelor of architecture, bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, master of architecture, master of arts, master of fine arts, and master of business administration degrees. With campuses in Oakland and San Francisco, CCA currently enrolls more than 1,650 full-time students. Noted alumni include the painters Nathan Oliveira and Raymond Saunders; the ceramicists Robert Arneson, Viola Frey, and Peter Voulkos; the filmmaker Wayne Wang; the conceptual artists David Ireland and Dennis Oppenheim; and the designers Lucille Tenazas and Michael Vanderbyl.