| Einar & Jamex de la Torre: Proceso Contributor(s): Leighton, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0935314660 ISBN-13: 9780935314663 Publisher: Grand Central Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| Physical Information: 68 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Proceso is the second of two catalogs representing Einar and Jamex de la Torre's exhibition, Fall of Empire, which was held at Cal State Fullerton's Main Art Gallery in the spring of 2005. Proceso features exciting images of the collaboration between Cal State Fullerton students and the artists, Fall of Empire exhibition installation photographs, as well as an interview with Einar and Jamex de la Torre and exhibition curator John Leighton, and also comments from the students on their experiences working with the de la Torre brothers. Fall of Empire was an exhibition in two parts: a sampling of the artists' artworks from the past ten years, and a site specific installation that provides a humorous and, at times, critical comment on the declined and declining empires -- both historical and contemporary. To describe their own work, the de la Torre brothers have said, ""As Mexican-American bicultural artists, we are on the one hand influenced by the morbid humor of Mexican folk art, the absurd pageantry of Catholicism, and machismo; on the other hand, we are equally fascinated by the American culture of excess: its pornographic materialism, its blow-up doll aesthetic, and most of all, its lingering Puritanism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leighton, John: - John Leighton is an artist, designer, and educator. He has worked with glass for more than 30 years. He received his B.A. in Environmental Design from Cal State, Fullerton and his M.F.A. in Sculpture from the California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland. In the fall of 2003 he became head of the glass program at California State University, Fullerton. He has been a guest instructor at numerous schools including C.C.A.C., the Pilchuck School, and the Tokyo Glass Art Institute in Japan. John's cast and blown glass sculptures are exhibited in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. In addition, John has completed major architectural stained glass commissions throughout the U.S. and in Japan. He was University Art Gallery Director at San Francisco State University for eleven years and he still does freelance exhibition design for galleries and museums. Recently, he designed a limited production series of blown forms made at his Bay Island Studios. |