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PROJECT SPACE: ON VIEW THROUGH MARCH 29, 2009touch sensitive:anthony campuzanoKnown for his use of found language, Philadelphia-based artistAnthony Campuzano activates texts from a variety of sources—newspaper headlines, Wikipedia entries, the covers of paperbacknovels, trivial cultural events, common clichés, pop song lyrics—indrawings that couple intense color with the tangible presence of theartist’s hand.Like his journalistic sources, Campuzano’s use of languagecondenses—he distills language into succinct phrases thatexpress a particular mood, recall a personal anecdote, orecho a national headline. What is removed textually is replacedvisually through bold color and the blocky, erratic shapes of hisletters, defying the formality of the printed page, and its capacityfor endless reproduction, with the deliberate imperfectionof the hand. Campuzano dubs his obsession with color andlanguage “abstract journalism.” As the sentences dip and dodgethrough the composition, the act of reading alternately slowsor quickens; sometimes lines are reread, sometimes skipped.Regardless of the route taken, the performance of the textbecomes central.In the Project Space, Campuzano will exhibit several new textbasedworks. Specifically for the ICA presentation, his first museumshow, he has fabricated two large freestanding bulletin boardscollaged with hand-drawn text.Anthony Campuzano (b. 1975, Philadelphia) has had solo exhibitions atFleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, and White Columns, New York, andhas been included in group shows at Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York;Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Bellwether Gallery, New York;and Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant Kate Kraczon, and isaccompanied by a brochure publication.EXHIBITIONSOPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 6–8PMBackground: AnthonyCampuzano, DomesticAffairs/Foreign Affairs (P.Mondrian, Pier and Ocean,1915), 2008, colored pencil,ink, acrylic and graphiteon board, diptych, 20 x 30inches, each. Courtesyof Fleisher/OllmanGallery, Philadelphia.Photo: Claire IltisInset: Anthony Campuzano,Begrudgingly after PhyllisSchlafly, 2008, ink, acrylic,colored pencil and graphiteon board with insetphotographs, 20 x 15 inches.Courtesy of Fleisher/OllmanGallery, PhiladelphiaExhibition Walkthrough (Institute of Contemporary Art Members Only)Thursday, January 15, 5pmWith artist Anthony Campuzano and curator Kate KraczonEVENT: MELODY, MELODY AND MEGWhenever Wednesday, February 18, 6:30pmICA is grateful for funding from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; The Dietrich Foundation, Inc.;the Overseers Board for the Institute of Contemporary Art; friends and membersof ICA; and the University of Pennsylvania. ICA is also grateful for in-kindsupport from the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery and New Market Builders, LLC.RAMP PROJECT: ON VIEW THROUGH DECEMBER 6, 2009ODILI DONALD ODITA:THIRD SPACEOdili Donald Odita’s vast, abstract wall paintings operate at theintersection of Western modernism and African culture. Borrowingstrategies of destabilized perception from Op art—a traditioncondemned by formalist criticism—and adding narrative andmulticultural inflection, Odita both embraces and critiques themodernist tradition. His vast, animated expanses of fractured,rhythmic planes, equally informed by television test band patterns,African textiles, post-colonial discourse, sensory overload, and digitaltechnology, speak to a contemporary experience of dislocation anddecenteredness. Third Space, a symphony of irregularly shaped,fractured planes in 115 shades of housepaint, takes full advantage ofthe Ramp’s soaring, sloping architecture.Born in Nigeria and raised in Ohio, Odili Donald Odita (b. 1966,Enugu; lives Philadelphia and New York) has been developing hisrhythmic abstract paintings since 1999, when he was engaged, withcritic Olu Oguibe and curator Okwui Enwezor, in bringing African anddiasporic art practices to critical attention through the journal ofcontemporary African art, NKA. Odita has had numerous exhibitionsaround the world, and was included in the 52nd Venice Biennale in2007. He is associate professor of fine art at Tyler School of Art atTemple University.This exhibition is organized by Whitney Lauder Curatorial Fellow StamatinaGregory, and is accompanied by a brochure publication.ICA acknowledges primary sponsorship of the William Penn Foundation forthis project. Additional funding has been provided by: The Horace W. GoldsmithFoundation; the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; The DietrichFoundation, Inc.; the Overseers Board for the Institute of Contemporary Art;friends and members of ICA; and the University of Pennsylvania. ICA is also gratefulfor in-kind support from Jack Shainman Gallery.Background and inset: “Odili Donald Odita:Third Space,” September 5, 2008–December 6, 2009, installationviews. Photo: Aaron Igler

FEB 18 Whenever WednesdayEVENT: MELODY, MELODY AND MEGFree to members, $5 general admissionSCREENING and Reception: MELODY / 6:30pmJoin Anthony Campuzano over wine and cheese to watch SergeGainsbourg seduce nymphet Jane Birkin in Melody (1971), Jean-Christophe Averty’s kaleidoscopic 28-minute video accompanimentto Gainsbourg’s iconic and provocative concept album Histoire deMelody Nelson.TOUR: TOUCH SENSITIVE / 7pmCuratorial Assistant Kate Kraczon will discuss the choreographybehind the cacophony in Anthony Campuzano’s omnivorous textbasedworks.FILM / PERFORMANCE: MELODY AND MEG BAIRD / 8pmInternational House, 3701 Chestnut StreetIn striking contrast to Averty’s dark, trippy Melody, Waris Hussein’scharming feature also called Melody from the same year spins aningenuous tale of pre-pubescent romance, told from the children’spoint of view. With a sound track by the Bee Gees. The film is followedby Philadelphia’s own Meg Baird, a founding member of the folk bandEspers. Baird draws on Appalachian mountain music, contemporaryoutsider folk, and traditional ballads in her acoustic sets of coversand originals.FEB 25 Whenever Wednesday / 5:30pmCOFFEE TALK: dreadA tour of Joshua Mosley’s enigmatic installation dread, led by RuthErickson, followed by coffee and conversation moderated by JaynePilling, Carl Visiting Professor in Animation Studies at the Universityof Pennsylvania.A Spiegel Fund event.Meg Baird. Photo: Aaron IglerMAR 4 Whenever Wednesday / 6:30pmCONVERSATION: BETTY WOODMAN ANDHELEN w. DRUTT englishBetty Woodman is internationally recognized as one of the mostimportant ceramic artists working today. Her idiosyncratic use ofcolor and eclectic forms express a masterful layering of the painterlyand the sculptural, the symbolic and the actual, the pure and thepragmatic. Woodman reflects on the trajectory of contemporaryart and craft with the world-renowned craft expert, scholar, andadvocate Helen W. Drutt English, Executive Director and Co-founderof the Philadelphia Council of Professional Craftsmen and FoundingDirector of the Helen Drutt Gallery.A Spiegel Fund event.Betty Woodman and Helen W. Drutt EnglishOpposite, background top: ICA’s fall 2008 opening walkthrough with the artist Odili Donald Odita in his installation.Opposite, background bottom: Ph.D. candidate Ruth Erickson from Penn’s Department of the History of Artnarrates her own story inspired by Douglas Blau’s pictures.Background top: Visitors tour “R. Crumb’s Underground.” Photo: J. KatzBackground bottom: Penn undergraduates silkscreen designs by local artists during the December 3, 2008 PennFirst Wednesday.MAR 7 Saturday / 2pmFIRST SATURDAY TOUR: DIRT ON DELIGHTMarc Blumthal reflects on the question of craft in “Dirt on Delight.”MAR 18 Whenever Wednesday / 6:30pmCONVERSATION: JOSHUA MOSLEY AND ELISABETH CAMPJoshua Mosley, who explores the limits of human expression andexistential thought in his acclaimed installation dread, talks withElisabeth Camp, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Universityof Pennsylvania, about metaphor and the role of thought inperception, communication, and self-understanding.A Spiegel Fund event.Joshua MosleyMAR 25 Whenever Wednesday / 6:30pmCONVERSATION: KATHY BUTTERLY AND GARTH CLARKArt dealer, author, curator, and ceramics expert Garth Clark joinsKathy Butterly in the “Dirt on Delight” galleries, to discuss herwhimsical, richly ornamented clay vessels, which achieve a level ofimagined portraiture, both physical and psychological.A Spiegel Fund event.MAR 29 SundayLast day to see the shows!APR 23 ThursdayNEW Spring Exhibitions OpenSecond Floor: PATHWAYS TO UNKNOWN WORLDS: SUN RA, ELSATURN & CHICAGO’S AFRO-FUTURIST UNDERGROUND, 1954-68Project Space: TAVARES STRACHANThe Spiegel FundThe Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund to Support Contemporary Culture and VisualArts has been created to support an innovative, interdisciplinary approach toeducation that will enhance collaboration at the University of Pennsylvaniaamong its academic departments and cultural institutions. Spiegel Fund Eventsare designed to raise the level of conversation among Penn’s students and facultyabout art—particularly art that crosses disciplinary and cultural boundaries.The Spiegel Fund is administered by the University’s Provost Office.NEW ICA PUBLICATIONSDouglas BlauFull-color, 88-page softcover catalogue featuring installationimages with essay by Ingrid Schaffner.Designer: Henk van Assen, HVA Design. Softcover. $30Joshua Mosley: dreadBlack and White, 32-page hardcover catalogue with anintroduction by Jenelle Porter and essay by Harvey Mitchell.Designer: Purtill Family Business. Hardcover. $25Group ToursTours for college and high-school students at ICA are designedto encourage exploration and develop visual literacy skills. Forquestions or to schedule a tour, please contact William Hidalgo at215.746.3704 or tours@icaphila.org. 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