FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GOLDMINE Contemporary works from the collection of Sirje and Michael Gold

February 5 – April 10, 2011 University Art Museum, State University, Long Beach

LONG BEACH –– Michael and Sirje Gold have been collecting contemporary art for more than thirty years. UAM Director Chris Scoates has curated an exciting new exhibition focused around these two prominent and innovative collectors. Unlike many other LA collections, the Gold’s collection is a remarkable cross section of established, emerging, mid-career, and undiscovered artists who have been working in the region. Their thoughtful selection of paintings, works on paper, photographs, and sculpture represent an unprecedented look at the diversity of aesthetic threads and an array of issues that characterize work being made in and around Los Angeles today.

The exhibition will showcase over 80 works from their collection including: Amy Adler, Lynn Aldrich, Kevin Appel, Edgar Arceneaux, John Baldessari, Tanya Batura, Maura Bendett, Mel Bochner, Jane Callister, Paul Cherwick, Steven Criqui, Krysten Cunningham, Tony De Los Reyes, Jacci Den Hartog, Kim Dingle, Jim Drain, Peter Dudek, Sean Duffy, Brad Eberhard, Nicole Eisenman, Bart Exposito, Carlee Fernandez, Michelle Fierro, Chris Finley, Naomi Fisher, Iva Gueorguieva, Carol Hepper, Salomón Huerta, Vincent James, Raffi Kalenderian, Kurt Kauper, Martin Kersels, Charles Long, Andrew Mansfield, Pepe Mar, Enrique Marty, David McDonald, Ana Mendieta, Joel Morrison, Sandeep Mukherjee, Takashi Murakami, Tracy Nakayama, Yoshitomo Nara, Bruce Nauman, Barbara Neijna, Walter Niedermayr, Monique Prieto, Tia Pulitzer, Jon Pylypchuk, Nathan Redwood, Scott Richter, Steve Roden, Ross Rudel, Hubert Schmalix, Jonathan Seliger, Thomas Skomski, Linda Stark, George Stoll, Don Suggs, Barbara Takenaga, Fred Tomaselli, Juan Uslé, Joost Van Oss, Tam Van Tran, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, and Daniel Wheeler.

All gallery guests are invited to listen to the exhibition podcast using iPods provided by the museum. The exhibition will also be accompanied by a 66-page, full-color catalogue featuring an essay by Christopher Miles and an interview by George Melrod.

Calendar of Events Feb 5 – Opening Reception 6-8 pm Exhibition walk-through with curator Christopher Scoates and Sirje and Michael Gold Feb 15 – UAM @ Noon – Collecting Contemporary Art Gallery talk with Sirje and Michael Gold

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University Art Museum CSULB 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840-8401 T: 562.985.5761 F: 562.985.7602 www.csulb.edu/uam Bios After Kevin Appel received a B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in New York, he returned to Los Angeles to earn an M.F.A. at University of California, Los Angeles, where he continues to live and work. His collages and works on paper were seen most recently at Acme, Los Angeles, and his work has been exhibited worldwide, including in 2009 at Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. Appel’s work may be found in such collections as: the , New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Jane Callister was born on the Isle of Mann. She received a B.A. (honors) from the Cheltenham School of Art, England, and an M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1994. Callister’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout the US in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and as well as internationally including the First Prague Biennial, Czech Republic in 2003, The Frankfurt Art fair, 2001 & 2002; Jette Rudolf Gallery, Berlin; Anton Weller, Paris; Umea University, Sweden and at the Cell, London. Presently, Callister is a professor of painting at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Born in Pomona, California, Kim Dingle received her B.F.A. from California State University, Los Angeles, and her M.F.A. from Claremont Graduate School. Her paintings, which frequently reference race and gen- der concepts, are located in many major institutions nationwide including: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Denver Art Museum, Denver; and the National Mu- seum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington D.C. Recent solo exhibitions include: Kim Dingle: Studies for the Last Supper at Fatty’s, Sperone Westwater, New York, and Kim Dingle: The Cake Series, Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, both occurred in 2007.

Sean Duffy received his M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine. His solo installations have been featured recently at the Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, and at the Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe. Group Exhibitions include Something from Nothing, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans; Soundwaves, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla; the California Bien- nial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach; Black Belt at the Studio Museum, Harlem, and Santa Monica Museum of Art, and exhibitions at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, the Irvine Fine Arts Center, and at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

Bruce Nauman’s expansive art practice includes sculpture, video, film, printmaking, performance, and installation. Earning his B.F.A. from University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an M.F.A. from University of Cali- fornia, Davis, Nauman has occupied a space in late-20th century art that emphasizes the role that process plays in the making of art. Nauman’s work has been shown most recently in Collection: MoCA’s First Thirty Years, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and 1969, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York. He has been awarded numerous honors including the The Golden Lion, 48th Venice Biennale, Italy, and an Honorary Doctor of Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.

Goldmine: Contemporary Works from the Collection of Sirje and Michael Gold will be on view through April 10, 2011. The UAM would like to acknowledge Linda and Todd White and Susanne Vielmetter (Los Angeles Projects) for their leadership support towards the Goldmine catalogue. In addition, the museum would like to thank the Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation; Tim Blum and Jeff Poe, Directors of the Blum & Poe Gallery; and Elinor and Rubin Turner for their great generosity. We also want to express our sincere appreciation to Helen Lewis, Nancy and Bernie Kattler, and Roberts & Tilton Gallery for their kind gifts.

Media Contact Chris Scoates, UAM Director 562.985.5761 e-mail: [email protected] Press images of UAM exhibitions are available on our FTP site - please send an email requesting directive on how to access. Thank you.

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