Kim, Hee Soo, Glory Days #2, 2007
Photo-collage on wood panel; 48 x 48 in.


Seung Jae Kim, Self portrait board #2, 2007
Archival inkjet print; 30 x 40 in.


Kieran McGonnell, After the Passing of Felix Gonzales, 2007
Oil on canvas diptych; 32 x 48 in.


Nathan Poglein, The Birth of Two Vessels, 2006
Stainless steel; 16 x 12 x 12 in.



 

  

Art Exhibition
In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art

February 4–29, 2008
Fox Art Gallery, Logan Hall
University of Pennsylvania

Gallery Hours: M-F 9am–5pm
Closing Reception: Friday, Feb 29, 5-7pm

Conceived as the visual counterpart to the year-long Penn Humanities Forum on Origins, the exhibition presents artwork by 46 artists from the US and abroad. The rich assortment of subject matters and artistic techniques clearly demonstrates the need to think of origins in the plural. Indeed, each of the participating artists has found a unique way of establishing a personal, idiosyncratic connection to the show’s overarching theme. The result is a striking sense of organic coherence, a resounding harmony between these multiple aesthetic voices.

Organized by Joseph Benatov. Juried and curated by
Sharka Hyland, Martha Lucy, and Shayna McConville.


Participating Artists

Rachel Abrams
Brooklyn, NY

Hongwei Li
Alfred, NY

Noelle Allen
Chicago, IL

Jeni LoDolce
Dundee, IL

AWG
Columbia, MO

Kieran McGonnell
Brooklyn, NY

Kate Beck
Harpswell, ME

Katherine McVety
Medford, MA

Pamela Birmingham
Philadelphia, PA

Patrick Millard
Savannah, GA

Julia Blaukopf
Philadelphia, PA

Ken Morgan
Coventry, CT

Kendra Bulgrin
Lawrence, KS

Michael Tyson Murphy
New York, NY

Alexandra Copley
Columbus, OH

Rod Northcutt
Rochester, NY

Genevieve Coutroubis
Philadelphia, PA

Peter Patchen
Brooklyn, NY

David Edgar
Charlotte, NC

Nathan Poglein
New Florence, PA

Curtis Erlinger
Buffalo, NY

Carol Radsprecher
Brooklyn, NY

Pam Farrell
Flemington, NJ

John Schmidt
Savannah, GA

Tim Fitts
Philadelphia, PA

Ted Somogyi
San Francisco, CA

Rebecca Foster
Chicago, IL

Aurora Streger
Woodstock, NY

Tara Giannini
Brooklyn, NY

Rachel Sussman
Brooklyn, NY

Tanya Bell Gresh
New York, NY

Wendy Tai
Philadelphia, PA

Peter Heij
Amsterdam, Holland

Jeramy Turner
Brooklyn, NY

Lori Hepner
Pittsburgh, PA

Scott Turri
Pittsburgh, PA

Michael Itkoff
Newtown, PA

Beth Uzwiak
Philadelphia, PA

Seung Jae Kim
Chicago, IL

Vivian Wolovitz
West Chester, PA

Kim, Hee Soo
Brooklyn, NY

Michael Wong
Minneapolis, MN

Derek Larson
East Wallingford, VT

Damian Yanessa
Alexandria, VA

Bryan Lauch
Pittsburgh, PA

Kira Yustak
Staten Island, NY

The Graduate Humanities Forum gratefully acknowledges the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, GAPSA, and SPEC.