Sheela Does Ramapo

February 21-March 23, 2001
Kresge and Pascal Galleries

Renowned feminist artist Nancy Spero filled both galleries with her female figures in an exhibition titled Sheela Does Ramapo. The title refers to her “historical” use of the Sheela-Na-Gig fertility figure in colorful and energetic works. Spero’s highly respected oeuvre includes works which celebrate the place of women in society and powerfully comment on oppressive political situations. The exhibition included a major Spero work from the Ramapo College Collection.

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Automedia

April 4-May 4, 2001
Kresge and Pascal Galleries

Automedia is a term coined by Paris-based artist Chris Clark to describe video art shot in or from a car. This frenetic exhibition curated by School of Contemporary Arts Professor Shalom Gorewitz featured photography and video and focuses on artists interpreting the landscape while moving through it on wheels. Included are George Bobby Jones, Portia Cobb, David Freund, Christen Clark, Sophie Calle, Peter D’Agostino, Kristen Lucas, Franz Vila, Jesse Rosser, Douglas Kelley, Hiro Yamagata, Geoffrey Biddle, and Louis Faurer. This exhibition extended beyond the Berrie Center Galleries onto other areas of the campus.

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Salute at Ramapo: Selections 2001

February 21 to March 23, 2001
George T. Potter Library

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Senior Art Exhibition

May 9-May 21, 2001
Kresge and Pascal Galleries

An exhibition of work by graduating Visual Arts students.

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flesh & fluid

September 12-October 19, 2001
Kresge Gallery

Each year the Ramapo Curatorial Prize is awarded to a second year graduate student at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. The 2001 winner is Allison Peters. Her exhibition flesh and fluid interprets organic forms of the human body through works by Aziz+Cucher, Matthew Barney, Charo Garaigorta and Cathy de Monchaux.

Note: Due to the campus shutdown during the week of September 11, the film screening and discussion did not take place as scheduled.

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Mexican Amates from the Cowen Collection

September 12-October 19, 2001
Pascal Gallery

This exhibition was comprised of paintings on bark by Marcial Camilo Ayala which depict village life. Marcial Camilo Ayala is featured in both the Selden Rodman and Thompson Collections at Ramapo College.

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Not Just An Adjunct

November 14-December 20, 2001
Kresge and Pascal Galleries

Works in various media by new faculty including: Seth Ely, Scott Furman, Joan Harmon, Katherine McVety, Margaret Murphy, Lauren Piperno, Siena Porta, Greta Pratt, Ketti Schoenfeld, Arlene Toonkel and Melissa Zexter.

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Opening of the Rodman Gallery

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