Jim Kempner and Charlie Hewitt, Oct. 2
Matt Kenyon, Oct. 9
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Photo courtesy of Jim Kempner.
October 2, 6:00 p.m.
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
Jim Kempner is a dealer with a gallery on 11th Avenue in the Chelsea area of New York City. He works with pieces by many high high-end artists, including Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella. The artist, Charlie Hewitt, a former visiting artist at American University, works with Kempner in New York. The two have produced a web series called The Madness of Art. The short episodes follow Kempner as he interacts with New York’s eccentric art world and the natural comedy that ensues — as if the TV show The Office took place in a Chelsea gallery.
October 9, 6:00 p.m.
Katzen Arts Center 201
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native is interested in the convergence of art, emerging technologies, and pop- culture. Many of Matt Kenyan's works feature interactive technology and artificial intelligence/artificial life as a means for displaying his thoughts on culture. Kenyan received his MFA in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, and most recently taught at Penn State University's School of Visual Arts in the New Media and Interdisciplinary Digital Studio programs. At Penn State Matt he co-founded and co-directed StudioLab, a collaborative space merging laboratory experiments and data analysis with computer gaming and aesthetic design.
