Panel Discussion, Artist Reception, and Book Signing October 4, 2008

Concurrent solo exhibitions:
Ray Beldner: "The Word"
Nina Katchadourian: "A Fugitive, Some Maps, Cute Animals and a Shark"
October 4 - November 15, 2008

Panel Discussion: October 4, 3-4 pm. "Mistakes Were Made" Ray Beldner, Charles Gute, and Nina Katchadourian. Moderated by Marcia Tanner.

Artist's Reception, Book Signing: October 4, 4-6 pm

Catharine Clark Gallery announces the concurrent solo exhibitions: "The Word", new text-based work by Ray Beldner, and "A Fugitive, Some Maps, Cute Animals and a Shark", video and mixed media projects by Nina Katchadourian. An opening reception for the artists is Saturday, October 4, 4-6pm. In conjunction with the solo exhibits the gallery will host a book signing for the introduction of Charles Gute's book "Revisions and Queries", published by The Ice Plant. Prior to the opening, from 3-4pm, the gallery will host a panel discussion: "Mistakes Were Made", with speakers Charles Gute, Nina Katchadourian, and Ray Beldner. The panel will be moderated by Marcia Tanner.

Ray Beldner's "The Word" is a new body of work astutely pairing found text with a medium that is often incompatible with the message--visual non sequiturs that nonetheless uphold the meaning in the word. The sources for Beldner's texts are found notes, advertisements, homeless signs, biblical quotes and right-wing talk radio shows. The language takes shape as life-size gold-leafed figures, neon signs, collections of toy soldiers, and cast concrete blocks, among other things.

In "A Fugitive, Some Maps, Cute Animals and a Shark", Nina Katchadourian explores the complex relationship between humans and animals. Works include "The Continuum of Cute," a grouping of appropriated images of animals sourced from the Internet, and "Fugitive" a six-channel video installation with footage of an orangutan at the Washington DC Zoo traveling across a high wire. Katchadourian's "Geographic Pathologies" from 1996 are on view for the first time.

Free.

Official Website: http://www.cclarkgallery.com