UC Davis Graduate Art Students Exhibit Work at MU Gallery

Exhibition Title: "Keep This Copy for Your Records" Dates: Nov. 22-Dec. 17 Where: Memorial Union Art Gallery Second floor, Memorial Union Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday Reception: 5-8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 22 Artists' Talk: 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 22 Artists: Jose Arenas, Nelleke Beltjens, Loretta Bourque, George Bowes, Vonn Cummings-Sumner, William Edwards, Lauren Kline, Jeff Leake, Robin McCauley, Mike McFalls, Richard Martinez, Nola Romano, Douglas Slayton, Anya Ulinich UC Davis graduate art students will present "Keep this Copy for your Records," an exhibition of the fall graduate art studio seminar project, which explores the idea of the copy. Approximately 200 artworks generated from 14 master of fine arts students will be exhibited, illustrating a complex system of the artists copying each others' work. The process begins by pairing unlikely artists together. Each artist then shows the other how to copy a selected piece. The copy process continues after this initial copy is made, with each artist then creating several versions of the initial copy. Then, almost like a virus mutating, the last replicate will be passed to the next host (artist) who will also copy the piece and pass their copy on to the next artist (host). This continues until each artist has made a version of all the copies. The gallery is open to the public, free and wheelchair accessible.

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