BACK IN the RING
NEW WORK BY JOY BERTINUSON
Artist’s Talk 2nd Saturday July 9, 5:00 PM
Reception 2nd Saturday July 9, 6-9:30 PM
Closing Reception: August 13, 6-9:30 PM
Exhibition Dates July 7 – August 28
Artspace 1616
1616 Del Paso Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: (916) 849-1127
https://www.facebook.com/artspace1616/
Gallery Hours:
Thursday through Saturday 12-6
Sunday 11-3, and by appointment
Exhibition made possible in part by funding from the Sacramento State College of Arts & Letters Research, Scholarly & Creative Activity Awards Program
Exhibition Program
The language of boxing, as well as concepts such as the spectator and the performer, the stage, and those objects associated with such sport and with art, are all investigated through the creation of these narrative works. Inspired by the vernacular of the sport, phrases such as “back in the ring”, which describes a fighter’s return to the boxing arena after a hiatus, resonate with meaning as they pertain to the artist. As such, the work is not intended to be “boxing art” or illustrations thereof, but is intended to reference associations between boxing and the creative process while simultaneously calling attention to similarities, and equivalents in language. In this work boxing is used as a metaphor for the artistic process, and for life.