Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors, 1987-2020
September 18 – December 18, 2021
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RECEPTION | Saturday, September 18, 2021
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Exclusive Preview for Art Alliance Members)
12:00 – 4:00 PM (Public reception)
Artist Kim Abeles is known for her innovative method of producing images on various surfaces made solely by particulate matter from air pollution. The Begovich Gallery’s presentation of Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors, 1987-2020, features over thirty years of her artistic investigation related to the environmental impact caused by airborne detritus. It examines a range of scientific data collected by the artist and its unexpected visual presentation that prompts the viewer to reconsider the air we breathe.
Artist’s website:
kimabeles.com
Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors 1987-2020 is organized by CSUF Nicholas + Lee Begovich Gallery. Support for the exhibition and the gallery is made possible through the Art Alliance, Associated Students, Inc. Instructional Related Activities, CSUF Department of Capital Programs and Facilities Management- Office of Sustainability the College of the Arts, the Department of Visual Arts, and Ernie and Donna Schroeder. Special thanks to Paige and Jeffrey Anthony, the Estate of Patricia Layman Bazelon, Alice Fung and Michael Blatt, Madeleine Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro, Robert Hirsch and Adele Henderson, Michael Levine, Catherine MacLean and David Yale, the Orange County Museum of Art, Steve and Doni Silver Simons, Lauren Trent, and Susan Zeidler and Leo Frishberg.
Exhibition Publication | Available on Amazon.com
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Image: Kim Abeles, Presidential Commemorative Smog Plates, 1992. Smog (particulate matter) on porcelain plates,10 ½” diameter each; World Leaders in Smog, 2019. Smog (particulate matter) on porcelain plates,10 ½” diameter each.
RELATED PROGRAMMING
Kim Abeles – Artist Lecture
In-person + live streamed Wednesday, October 20, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
LOCATION | Recital Hall in Clayes Performing Arts Center (East Entrance)
Co-sponsored by CSUF Office of Sustainability and in conjunction with Creative Photography
& Experimental Media and Drawing & Painting courses.
RELATED PROGRAMMING
In Conversation: Kim Abeles + José Lozano
Saturday, November 6, 2021, 11 AM – 1 PM
LOCATION | McCarty Grand Foyer in Clayes Performing Art Center
In Conversation is a live series that connects artists, scholars, and community figures for lively discussions on art, culture, and society. This season’s guests are artists Kim Abeles and José Lozano.
In the News
- CSUF's Begovich Gallery is listed among art giants such as The Getty, The Hammer, Hauser and Wirth, MOCA, and LACMA in Christopher Knight’s "11 essential L.A. art exhibitions this fall...
" for its presentation of Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors, 1987-2020. (L.A. Times)
- "The Newest L.A. and O.C. museum exhibitions to see in October
" (L.A. Times)
- "Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors 1987-2020 at Cal State Fullerton Begovich Gallery"
(Art and Cake)
- "Generational Reflection
" by Bill Lasarow (Visual Art Source)
- "Smog art inspires climate awareness
" (Daily Titan)
- “Clearing the Air
,” by Evan Senn (OC Art Blog)
