Diana Thater Exhibition December 21, 2009

Diana Thater October 24, 2009 January 31, 2010 Internationally renowned pioneer of film and video art Diana Thater creates what she describes as sculpture with images of nature in space. Phenomena of the natural world are recurring motifs for the artist, whose site-specific video and light installations explore the relationship between beauty and technology, and nature and the way it is mediated through human intervention. Two major works are the focus of this compelling exhibition, including Untitled Videowall (2008), which stems from the Monarch Butterfly Project, the artists response to a call by curators, collectors and environmentalists to draw attention to encroachments upon the species winter home in Michoacan, Mexico. The Museum debut of this work coincides with the arrival of the Monarchs on the central coast during their annual migration.