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February 14, 2013 Thursday 6:29 PM EST
CHAD ERPELDING PRESENTS ARMENIAN EXPERIENCE IN PAINTINGS, PRINTS, VIDEO
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 14 -- Boise State University issued the following
news release:
Chad Erpelding, assistant professor in the Department of Art, will
present "An Artist Residency in Armenia: from Coca-Cola Enhanced
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Recent 60 DaysCompany Dossierto the Embassy," from 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Feb. 20 in the Student Union Ah Fong Room.
"My work investigates the physical and mental spread of culture on a
global scale," Erpelding said. "I am interested in the movement of
people, business and organizations, and how these affect contemporary
perceptions of place."
Erpelding served an artist residency during the summer of 2012 at the
Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory in Yerevan, Armenia. His residency
culminated in a solo exhibition titled "Whose Culture - Which Place?"
at the Modern Art Museum Yerevan.
Paintings, digital prints and video specific to his experience in
Armenia are the subject of his presentation at the SUB.
"My presentation will include images of Armenia along with images of
the work I created while there and since my return," Erpelding said.
Some of the subjects he explored include international embassies, the
American Corners program, pop music and the presence of Coca Cola
Enhanced Coverage LinkingCoca Cola -Search using:Company ProfileNews,
Most Recent 60 DaysCompany Dossierand Pepsi.
"Through extensive research of corporations, political institutions,
governmental organizations, etc., I look to discover the vastness of
the connections created through globalization," he said. "I
systematically transform this information into the language of
abstract painting to visualize the complexities of the network. I hope
that my work challenges viewers to consider the relationships among
various regions while re-evaluating their understanding of place."
February 14, 2013 Thursday 6:29 PM EST
CHAD ERPELDING PRESENTS ARMENIAN EXPERIENCE IN PAINTINGS, PRINTS, VIDEO
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 14 -- Boise State University issued the following
news release:
Chad Erpelding, assistant professor in the Department of Art, will
present "An Artist Residency in Armenia: from Coca-Cola Enhanced
Coverage LinkingCoca-Cola -Search using:Company ProfileNews, Most
Recent 60 DaysCompany Dossierto the Embassy," from 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Feb. 20 in the Student Union Ah Fong Room.
"My work investigates the physical and mental spread of culture on a
global scale," Erpelding said. "I am interested in the movement of
people, business and organizations, and how these affect contemporary
perceptions of place."
Erpelding served an artist residency during the summer of 2012 at the
Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory in Yerevan, Armenia. His residency
culminated in a solo exhibition titled "Whose Culture - Which Place?"
at the Modern Art Museum Yerevan.
Paintings, digital prints and video specific to his experience in
Armenia are the subject of his presentation at the SUB.
"My presentation will include images of Armenia along with images of
the work I created while there and since my return," Erpelding said.
Some of the subjects he explored include international embassies, the
American Corners program, pop music and the presence of Coca Cola
Enhanced Coverage LinkingCoca Cola -Search using:Company ProfileNews,
Most Recent 60 DaysCompany Dossierand Pepsi.
"Through extensive research of corporations, political institutions,
governmental organizations, etc., I look to discover the vastness of
the connections created through globalization," he said. "I
systematically transform this information into the language of
abstract painting to visualize the complexities of the network. I hope
that my work challenges viewers to consider the relationships among
various regions while re-evaluating their understanding of place."