Lecture By Allison Smith April 10, 2008

CCA San Francisco campus, Timken Lecture Hall
7 p.m.
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FREE

Allison Smith, a Brooklyn-based artist, is interested in the notion of the “authentic reproduction,” a common if oxymoronic phrase describing contemporary objects or tableaux that conjure historical aesthetics and episodes. In her sculptures and mixed-media installations, Smith investigates the ways in which a simple prop, bridging past and present, can come to signify more than its appearance suggests. She creates colonial handicrafts, Civil War memorabilia, and nineteenth-century weapons, and then arranges them so that the exhibition space evokes a historic home or period room. Smith has exhibited internationally. She received an ArtPace residency in 2006 and the Jerwood Foundation fellowship in 2005.

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