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03.17.06

Contact: Arts at Emory, Sally Corbett, 404-727-6678, sacorbe@emory.edu

PIONEERING ARTIST ALICE AYCOCK DELIVERS LECTURES AT EMORY UNIVERSITY

Alice Aycock may be the only artist who can claim to have presented her art in such varied sites as the rooftop of the 107th Police Precinct in Queens, NY, and the San Francisco Public Library. Emory's Visual Arts Program and Art History Department present a free lecture by Aycock, who was born in 1946 and became a pioneer visual artist in the area of site-specific installation and outdoor sculpture. Her lecture is April 6, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University.

Originally from Harrisburg, PA, Aycock attended Douglass College of Rutgers University, NJ, where she received her BA in 1968. She moved to New York to pursue graduate study at Hunter College in Manhattan, earning an MFA in 1971. She has served as a visiting artist, lecturer and teacher at numerous institutions, including the University of South Florida, Hunter College, Williams Colleges, Yale University, Rhode Island School of Design, Princeton University and the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently on faculty at New York's School of Visual Arts. Her renowned work is the subject of a book written by Robert Hobbs and published by MIT.

The Venice and Whitney biennial exhibitions have both included Aycock's work multiple times. Her work has been presented in Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. Among other unique locations where her work can be found are the East River Roundabout, NY; the Convention Center in Sacramento, CA; the University of Nebraska Medical Center and John F. Kennedy Airport. Institutions that have featured or collected her work include: The Museum of Modern Art, NY (1977); the San Francisco Art Institute (1979); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1983); Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE (1985); State University of New York, Buffalo (1988); Atlantic Arts Center, New Smyrna Beach, FL (1989) and Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY (1990). A 1983 retrospective of her work was toured to Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland.

The architectural nature of the conceptual and often minimalist designs by Aycock, and her choice of media, may connect to her childhood as her father was an engineer in the construction industry. She has created works using a variety of materials, including vinyl, aluminum, concrete, vinyl, wood, stone, glass, steel and mechanical parts. Some of her works are motorized. The artist has a strong interest in making art that offers interplay between material and structure with the psyche of the viewer.

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Arts at Emory Mission and Background

Emory is home to a vibrant arts community and welcomes the public to more than 250 annual events featuring student, faculty and guest artists. Emory arts venues and institutions include the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Visual Arts Building and Gallery, Schatten Gallery of the Woodruff Library, Performing Arts Studio, Cannon Chapel, Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Mary Gray Munroe Theater, and the Heilbrun Music and Media Library.

Information: www.arts.emory.edu and www.schwartzcenter.emory.edu or 404-727-5050.

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