The
work of Robert Therrien, an accomplished California artist who transforms everyday
objects into striking artwork, will be on display at the University Library
Gallery from Sept. 5 to Nov. 11. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
The opening reception
is set for Friday, Sept. 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the gallery.
Visitors will be
able to view two- and three-dimensional pieces as well as works in mixed medium
by the internationally-known artist. The display will include sculpture, drawings,
oil paintings and photographic prints.
The exhibition
comes to Sacramento State thanks to loans from the Broad Art Foundation, established
by Eli and Edythe Broad in 1984 to foster public appreciation of contemporary
art by increasing access for audiences worldwide.
Therrien’s
work focuses on the beauty of forms and the materials from which they were created.
The artist has been known to take an ordinary object and create the unfamiliar
by removing functionality to reveal a new imagery.
For example, his
1994 wood and metal work “Under the Table” transforms the ordinary
by dramatically altering scale with oversize chairs and table. His sculpture
“No Title”, 1993, a work of ceramic epoxy on fiberglass, recreates
plates in a kitchen on a massive scale, towering more than six feet high in
a precarious stack.
Therrien became
known in the 1980s for his sculptures and works on paper that range from representational
to abstract. Since the early 1990s, his work has become increasingly representational
as the result of the influence of photography.
Therrien, who is
based in Los Angeles, has had many solo exhibitions including shows at the Gagosian
Gallery in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museo Nacional Centro
de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
For gallery information,
call 278-2368.
California State University, Sacramento • Public
Affairs
6000 J Street • Sacramento, CA 95819-6026 • (916) 278-6156 •
infodesk@csus.edu
