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Virginia Commonwealth University’s Anderson Gallery is proud to present an exhibition highlighting some of the original and complex emerging artists of Richmond. All four of the featured artists earned their undergraduate degrees in Sculpture at VCU. Jeannine Harkleroad, Chris Norris, SunTek Chung and James Davis. All four went on to first class graduate programs in sculpture: UCLA, Tyler, Yale and Ohio State, respectively. All four are currently back in Richmond teaching for VCU. Guest curator, Amy Hauft, is Chair of the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media. Although her usual role in a gallery setting is on the other side of the curatorial divide, for this exhibition she has created four curious equations. After visiting the young artists in their studios, Hauft culled through the permanent collection of the Anderson Gallery. She selected particular works from the collection to act as instigators for each artist, to highlight unexpected relationships between the historical and the contemporary in each of the artists’ projects. In some cases, the young artist’s work already existed and Hauft chose artworks from the collection to rhyme or talk back to the young artist’s work. In other cases, she selected work from the collection to which the young artist responded. In all cases, Hauft takes an artist’s - rather than curator’s - prerogative in her eccentric presentation of the historical work in relation to the new projects. It’s all relative.
SunTek Chung ↔ Thomas Daniel + Chinese tea tables Chris Norris ↔ Dieter Roth + Phillip Guston + David Hockney + George Grosz Jeannine Harkleroad ↔ Tang Dynasty Horse + Mose Tolliver James Davis ↔ Jules Olitski
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