University Gallery presents digital media installation

November 22, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University Gallery at the University of Florida will present “Precarious Status,” a digital media installation of work by French-Estonian, German and French artists Eléonore de Montesquiou, Julika Rudelius and Anne-Marie Schneider, starting Jan. 5.

Each of these artists explores international culture in a stylistically different way. The videos they produce are socially and politically powerful, dealing with global feminism through issues of censorship, voyeurism and identity. The vehicles of expression in the actual videos include printmaking and drawing, interviews and film produced in cities and obscure natural environments, through a broad range of perspectives.

This exhibition is organized by Irish independent curator Clodagh Keogh.

The work of these artists has been exhibited in galleries from Russia to Taiwan to Madrid. Well known in Europe, these three women-artists have just begun to be an important part of the art scene in the United States.

Rudelius’ most recent video “One of Us” was made in Florida last summer. Schneider was recently nominated for the prestigious Marcel Duchamp Prize juried in Paris in the fall of 2010.

“Precarious Status” continues through Feb. 11. A public reception will be held from 7 to 9 pm. Jan. 7.

University Gallery hours are: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

Located at the intersection of SW 13th Street and 4th Avenue,
visitor parking is available in the reserved spaces behind Fine Arts Building “C” on Inner Road. Visitor permits are issued to gallery visitors at the University Gallery. Parking for the galleries during receptions may be available at Tigert Hall, just north of the University Gallery on SW 13th Street.

For more information please contact the University Gallery, 352-273-3000 or visit www.arts.ufl.edu/galleries.