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Exhibition

Presented by BFA Photography and Video

Mentors

March 10 - 25, 2020
Two male adults standing behind the counter of a convenience store, looking straight ahead and surrounded by packaged food.
Credit: Jackie Mak

SVA Chelsea Gallery

601 West 26th Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001
Front desk of SVA Chelsea Gallery, with exhibition title "Mentors" listed in black text behind the desk. On the left is a partial view of artworks in the gallery space.
Installation shot of artwork as one enters SVA Chelsea Gallery, showing a variety of photographic and video artworks across three walls.
Installation shot of artwork hung on wall. On the left are three framed photographic prints, in the center is a group of prints and photographic vinyl, and further down are small photographs hung in a salon style. Two television screens are visible on the floor to the far right.
Installation shot of front gallery space at SVA Chelsea Gallery, showing two small television screens on the lower right, an installation piece in bright colors to its right, three framed images next to it, and on the far right is another wall with a framed gray and red artwork.
Image of gallery wall with a solarized photograph in metal frame, with red print inset and overlaid, on the far left. In the center is a three-by-three grid of portraits, and on the far right is a group of collages and appropriation-based artworks.
Photographic artwork installed on two different walls, with a three-by-three grid of portraits to the left, a row of appropriation-based pieces to its right, and on the second wall are five framed artworks and a monitor displaying a video of a person eating.
Photograph of long hallway in gallery with artwork hung from walls. In the foreground is a monitor with an image of a person eating various kinds of food.
Photograph of a long wall with grouped photographic work by three different artists. On the far left is a glimpse into another room with a single framed print visible.
On the left is a monitor with an image of a woman standing in front of a red seamless background, to its right are six photographs printed on fabric, three of which are suspended and approximately 24 inches from those on the wall. On the far right is a six-by-two grid of photographic prints, the bottom center of which is printed on a skateboard.
On the left are are six photographs printed on fabric, three of which are suspended and approximately 24 inches from those on the wall. On the right is a six-by-two grid of photographic prints, the bottom center of which is printed on a skateboard, and on the neighboring wall is a monitor presenting a video with maroon drapery behind it.
Installation shot of photographs in SVA Chelsea Galleries with colorful unframed photographic prints displayed across three walls.
On the left is a wall projection with black paint surrounding it, on the right is a Japanese room divider with a floor-seating arrangement in front of it and a small writing desk.
Photograph of inset installation space with black walls and a projection on the right, to its left are a salon-style hanging of unframed photographic prints.
On the left is a series of photographs hung in a partial-grid style, on the right is a long wall containing three artists' groupings of photographs.
To the left is a salon-style hanging of photographs and notes, further down on the right of the image are multiple photographs of bodies also in a salon-style hanging.
On the left are nine framed photographs in a three-by-three grid, to its right are two unframed black and white photographs held by clips on the wall, and on the far right is a projection of someone in a white hazmat-like suit placing cupped hands into an aquarium containing water.
Photograph of an inset installation space with a projection on the far left, on the bottom center is a small sculpture of a wheel with examination tools on it, and on the far right is an illuminated curtain leading into a small room with projections.
Detail shot of artwork on floor consisting of a "lazy susan" circular disk that spins and a series of illuminated examination tools with magnifying glasses around the perimeter.
Installation photograph of a brown wooden chair with black vinyl seat sitting in front of a white wall-mounted shelf. Above it is a neon green envelope, and on the left is a small mounted container of markers with an overlaid wall projection of leaves with light from the sky filtering through.
On the left is a wall projection of a clock, to its right are six abstract photos on panels. Three small black-framed night landscape photos are visible on the far right.
On the left are six abstract and strikingly colored images printed on panels. To their right are five night landscape images, each in its own black frame.
Installation shot of photographs in SVA Chelsea Galleries with four spaces visible. On the right wall is a multi-panel artwork comprised of disparate text and images.

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Please note: Due to the evolving coronavirus situation, all SVA Galleries exhibitions and receptions have been suspended. Visit sva.edu/coronavirus for updates throughout this time.


School of Visual Arts (SVA) present “Mentors,” an exhibition of work by BFA Photography and Video students inspired by their working relationships with leading members of the New York arts community. Curated by department chair Joseph Maida, “Mentors” is on view Tuesday, March 10, through Wednesday, March 25, at the SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor, New York City.

 

Drawn from the ranks of the city’s best-known photographers, curators, art directors, publishers, art dealers, critics and writers, mentors are matched with students based on their field of expertise and the student’s area of concentration. The 2019 – 2020 mentors include Mia Fineman, curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Lyle Ashton Harris, artist; Jack Pierson, photographer; Nadia Vellam, photo and video director, T: The New York Times Style Magazine; Elizabeth Renstrom, photographer and senior photo editor, The New Yorker; and Legacy Russell, associate curator, exhibitions, The Studio Museum in Harlem.

 

The Mentors program at SVA is designed to cultivate relationships between established and emerging artists and to introduce new talent to the broader community. Established in 1992, this program pairs select fourth-year students with key figures in the New York arts community, giving them objective and professional insight into their work during a culminating point in their education.


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