About Face, March 24 - April 24, 2003

This exhibition is part of multi-gallery collaboration titled From the Neck Up. Other participating venues include Angels Gate Cultural Center, Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery at Del Amo Center, Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center, Palos Verdes Art Center, San Pedro Art Association, and Folk Tree, Pasadena.

In this time of confusion and concern about world politics and ethics, the head is more than ever of central importance. Traditionally regarded, along with the heart, as the chief member of the body, the head is the seat of life force and the soul. It typically denotes wisdom, mental activity, fantasy, and control. The head is the originator of both intelligence and folly, its capacity equally vast for the wondrous and the destructive. The exhibitions include both physical and mental aspects of the head, ranging from portraits of the head (Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center), hats (Palos Verdes Art Center), to mental confabulations (Angels Gate), and toothsome creations (Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery). El Camino College Art Gallery and Folk Tree both host mask exhibitions.

Man has made and worn masks from the ancient days when Greek actors wore the masks of comedy or tragedy– to the Australian aboriginal soul masks which identify the wearer with the power of the animal represented – to African tribal masks which can symbolize and perhaps confer a power of their own. Masks may amaze, terrify, baffle, inspire awe or amuse. At times they are used to conceal, at times to reveal what lies beneath the surface. About Face includes works in a broad array of media, from video and sound installation to ceramic facemasks, chrome plated pie pans, paintings, drawings, photographs, constructions and digital prints.

-SUSANNA MEIERS
Curator, El Camino College Art Gallery

Photo: Hina Fagu; "Animals" (Detail) Layer 4; Digtal; 11x 8.5; 2002	Lecture: Tuesday, April 1, at 1:00 p.m. in Haag Recital Hall (Music Bldg. Rm. #7)
*ABOUT FACE*/artist’s interpretations of masks. Works by more than 50 artists includes sculpture, mixed media installation, painting, drawing, digital imagery, and collage.
This exhibition is part of multi-gallery collaboration titled From the Neck Up. Other participating venues include Angels Gate Cultural Center, Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery at Del Amo Center, Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center, Palos Verdes Art Center, San Pedro Art Association, and Folk Tree, Pasadena. In this time of confusion and concern about world politics and ethics, the head is more than ever of central importance. Traditionally regarded, along with the heart, as the chief member of the body, the head is the seat of life force and the soul. It typically denotes wisdom, mental activity, fantasy, and control. The head is the originator of both intelligence and folly, its capacity equally vast for the wondrous and the destructive. The exhibitions include both physical and mental aspects of the head, ranging from portraits of the head (Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center), hats (Palos Verdes Art Center), to mental confabulations (Angels Gate), and toothsome creations (Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery). El Camino College Art Gallery and Folk Tree both host mask exhibitions. Man has made and worn masks from the ancient days when Greek actors wore the masks of comedy or tragedy– to the Australian aboriginal soul masks which identify the wearer with the power of the animal represented – to African tribal masks which can symbolize and perhaps confer a power of their own. Masks may amaze, terrify, baffle, inspire awe or amuse. At times they are used to conceal, at times to reveal what lies beneath the surface. About Face includes works in a broad array of media, from video and sound installation to ceramic facemasks, chrome plated pie pans, paintings, drawings, photographs, constructions and digital prints. -SUSANNA MEIERS Curator, El Camino College Art Gallery
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*This is a very small sample of the artwork in this exhibit*
*Eva Kolosvary-Stupler*	Click on picture for an enlarged view
Reflection (details), 2001, mixed media, 64x20x20
	*Pat Cox* *Veiled Mask,* mixed media 18" x 10.5" x 2.5" 2002
*Venus K. Sobin* *Four Horiak Guardians* mixed media
	*Agustin Rodiles* A Contemporary Approach to PreColumbian Art mixed media
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*Joyce Kohl*	Click on picture for an enlarged view

	*Hiroko* *#24* bronze 14" x 20" x 68"
*Eleanor K. Diehl* *Shrine with 3 Faces* mixed media 32" x 16" x 2"
	*Louis Heiner* *Sorcerer Mask* mixed media
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