The UFO show
By: artists: George Blaha ... [et al.] ; exhibition curated by Barry Blinderman ... [et at.] ; writings by Paul Laffoley ... [et at.]
Contributors: Blaha, George; Blinderman, Barry; Laffoley, Paul, 1940-; Illinois State University. University Galleries; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Gallery of Contemporary Art; Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center
Publisher: University Galleries, Illinois State University
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Normal, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Blaha, George -- Exhibitions; Unidentified flying objects in art -- Exhibitions; Aeronautics in art -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: To say that UFOs have captured the popular imagination of contemporary America would be an understatement -- while appearances of blinking ellipsoids, whirling orbs, and have been reported throughout history, nowhere has the idea of contact with extraterrestrials taken hold so much as in the postwar United States. The UFO Show presents these phenomena in an unexpected way -- as inspiration and subject matter for contemporary visual art. Creating two- and three-dimensional work relating directly or symbolically to discs, saucers, and other images common to the subject of UFOs, 12 artists -- including Mariko Mori, Ionel Talpazan, Keith Haring, Panamarenko, Oliver Wasow, Claire Jervert, and Paul Laffoley -- confront, each in their own way, a historically ingrained and commercially reinforced locus of millennial obsession. Also included here are several provocative essays on the subject.
Notes: Exhibition held at University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Ill., Feb. 29-Apr. 2, 2000, at the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Ark., Sep. 29-Nov. 27, 2000, and at Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 15, 2000-Feb. 2, 2001

Includes bibliographical references