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The Eye of the Needle
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 : 5:30pm
University Park Campus
USC Fisher Museum of Art
Admission is free.
Image: Regina Silveira, Transitorio/Durevole, 1997, Courtesy Galeria Brito Crimino, Sao Paulo
Tying in with Fisher Museum’s “Phantasmagoria” show, museum director David Wilson discusses the history of microscopic artistry.
Long before blockbuster art exhibitions, crowds were awed by traveling shows called phantasmagoria, in which stories were performed with the use of magic lanterns and rear projections, creating dancing shadows and frightening theatrical effects.
September 3 through November 8, the USC Fisher Museum of Art will present the exhibition Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, which will draw on forms of representation linked with traditions of fantasy and magic, reframing them around contemporary issues.
In conjunction with the exhibition, David Wilson, the founder and director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, will present a lecture based on the history of ingenuity and artistry on the microscopic scale. This lecture presents the microminiature sculptures carved from dust and human hair by Hagop Sandaljian, the 19th century micromosaics of Harold Dalton and microminiature lore.
David Wilson received his M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts in 1974 and opened the Museum of Jurassic Technology in 1988. The museum has exhibited internationally, and Wilson has lectured throughout North America and Europe. In addition, Wilson has produced six independent films. Over the past decade, the museum and Wilson have been honored through numerous grants and awards, including a MacArthur Foundation fellowship.
A reception will follow.
Organized by the USC Fisher Museum of Art. The exhibition is co-organized by Independent Curators International, New York, and the Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia.