For Immediate Release:
Central Utah Art Center
86 South Main
Ephraim, UT 84627
435-283-5110
www.cuartcenter.org
Opening Reception April 8, 6-10pm
Fernando Villena, Birch Creek artist in residence, will be exhibiting a new series of works. His work is based on the search and comprehension of different spatial organic planes pulled form daily realities into it’s ultimate transformation into a pictorial abstract and photographic reality.
Villena uses the camera to pull/draw in and out of focus elements in the landscape. By turning reducing figures into objects that lack individual importance, converting background objects into the main protagonist in the picture Villena is ultimately able to change their meaning. Objects of great size become tiny, and microscopic spaces will be increased as if they were observed through a great lens.
Fernando Villena currently lives and works in Bilbao Spain.
This exhibition is one of many at the CUAC that features highly acclaimed international and nationally recognized artists. A review of our programming has recently been included in the highly influential international Flash Art magazine published in Milan, Italy. Artists who have shown at the CUAC over the last four years have been included in the Whitney Biennial, the Venice Biennial, collected by Charles Saatchi; they have been exhibited in the Getty Museum, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Saatchi Gallery, major museums in Switzerland, Germany, Iceland, Korea, and Spain; They have shown in Deitch Projects, Mary Boone Gallery, Freight and Volume Gallery, the Drawing Center, and many other important New York, Los Angeles, and international venues.
CUAC Mission Statement:
The purpose of the CUAC is to educate Utahns about Contemporary Art through exhibitions of artists from three categories:
1. Sanpete artists who demonstrate a high level of professionalism in their art;
2. Utah artists who make art in a Contemporary genre who are emerging or well established;
3. and artists who are exemplary of important trends in Contemporary Art worldwide.
The CUAC maintains that good education about art starts with strong exhibitions of Contemporary Art that have relevance in content or image to our community.
Education also includes outreach to the community in the form of classes for adults and children, lectures and critical dialogue about art, and an inviting, friendly environment that welcomes visitors and encourages questions and strives to provide answers.