Extra
Sensory Perception
Catya Plate
DIRECTOR’S
FOREWORD
Our tradition
of presenting contemporary art at the Robert
V. Fullerton Art Museum has been strengthened by work shown in several
recent exhibition seasons, 2000-2003. The group presentations of
contemporary art include James Gobel's 21 exhibition, Eva Kirsch's
and Sant Khalsa's Mirror of the Invisible and Susan Joyce's
Out of Context and Eye Candy. Many of the recent
individual exhibitions at the museum featured Southern California
artists (Marsia Alexander-Clarke, Pierre Picot, Nancy Braver, Margaret
Morgan and Susan Silton). But artists from other U.S. regions and
from abroad also made presentations. These include Raul Cordero
from Cuba, Thomas Emde from Germany and Marcelo Pombo from Argentina.
Major group exhibitions dedicated to foreign art have included
Polish Art 1955-85 in Southern California Collections and
Graphics from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Our newest artist,
Catya Plate, is originally from Europe. Born in Barcelona, Spain,
and educated in Germany, Plate now lives and works in New York.
She exhibits extensively in Europe and on the East Coast, but recently
she received some initial recognition in California by participating
in a group exhibition in Los Angeles. We are pleased to host her
first one-person show, Extra Sensory Perception, on the
West Coast and also the first presentation of this particular body
of work. We hope that our presentation will spur the process of
introducing Plate's work to viewers on the West Coast.
Plate's bizarrely
fascinating, elaborate art demonstrates an intriguing fusion of
her sensual Catalonian soul and traditionally disciplined German
education with her American experience. A series of large, mixed-media,
multi-paneled, interactive paintings engage different human senses
in the process of perception. Because Plate’s paintings can
be smelled, touched, tasted, heard and otherwise perceived, they
challenge viewers and force them to break away from the conventional
way of experiencing art.
I would like
to thank Susan Joyce and Catya Plate for bringing this intriguing
exhibition to San Bernardino. As always, many others have contributed
to the success of the project and they deserve the greatest appreciation:
Norma Markley and Catya's husband, Todd Aven, for the catalog's
design and production, John Fleeman for the professional installation
of the show and Sharidy Cunningham, Cathy Aurora, Megan DeWitt and
Angie Nellas for their help with many aspects of the exhibition.
The exhibition
and catalog have been funded by Instructionally-Related Programs
and the Board of Associated Students, Inc. at California State University,
San Bernardino, the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum and private contributions.
The Friends of the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum sponsored the
gallery event and opening reception. Arrowhead Credit Union has
been sponsoring the museum's ongoing project of remodeling the
exhibition space.
THANK YOU ALL.
Eva Kirsch
Director
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