2017–18 Visual and Environmental Studies Visiting Faculty
Ken Okiishi, gesture/data (feedback), 2015. Oil paint on flatscreen televisions, .mp4 feedback les (color, sound), right panel: 42.3 x 24.4 x 2. in and left panel: 28.4 x 16.5 x 2.0 in. Courtesy of the artist and Reena Spaulings Fine Art, NY/LA.
Ken Okiishi, Untitled, 2015. Porous feedback [gesture/data (feedback)], 2015. Acrylic paint and mirrors on flat-screen televisions, .mp4 files (color, sound) 2 panels, hung in corner, each panel is 42.3 x 24.4 x 2 in - 48 in diagonal. Courtesy of the artist and Reena Spaulings Fine Art, NY/LA. Photo credit: Ken Okiishi
Installation view, Ken Okiishi, porous feedback [gesture/data (feedback], 2015, 2017–18 Visual and Environmental Studies Visiting Faculty exhibition, Aug 24–Sept 24, 2017. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Level 3, Sert Gallery.
Judith Belzer, Leviathan #9, Panama Project, 2016. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. Courtesy of artist and George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco.
Judith Belzer, Leviathan #8 Panama Project, 2016. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. Courtesy of artists and George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco.
Installation view, Judith Belzer, 2017–18 Visual and Environmental Studies Visiting Faculty exhibition, Aug 24–Sept 24, 2017. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Level 3, Sert Gallery.
Elle Pérez, Binder, 2015. Archival Pigment Print, 31 x 44 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Elle Pérez, Josefina, 2016. Archival Pigment Print, 31 x 44 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, Elle Pérez, 2017–18 Visual and Environmental Studies Visiting Faculty exhibition, Aug 24–Sept 24, 2017. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Level 3, Sert Gallery.
Richard Renaldi, 4:37, 2016. Edition of 5, archival pigment print, 20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5 cm) mounted and framed. Courtesy of artist and Benrubi Gallery.
Richard Renaldi, 5:25, 2010-2016. Edition of 5, archival pigment print, 12 1/2 x 10 in. (31.8 x 25.4 cm) mounted and framed. Courtesy of artists and Benrubi Gallery.
Installation view, Richard Renaldi, 2017–18 Visual and Environmental Studies Visiting Faculty exhibition, Aug 24–Sept 24, 2017. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Level 3, Sert Gallery.
Installation view, Ken Okiishi and Richard Renaldi, 2017–18 Visual and Environmental Studies Visiting Faculty exhibition, Aug 24–Sept 24, 2017. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Level 3, Sert Gallery.
Installation view, Richard Renaldi and Ken Okiishi, 2017–18 Visual and Environmental Studies Visiting Faculty exhibition, Aug 24–Sept 24, 2017. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Level 3, Sert Gallery.
The 2017–18 Visual and Environmental Studies Visiting Faculty exhibition presents work by four new visiting faculty members in Visual and Environmental Studies. Each year for almost fifty years, the department has invited visual artists and filmmakers who are leaders in their fields to work closely with its students, invigorating and enriching the academic program and broadening departmental conversations with their outside perspectives and experiences. This year is no exception as the department welcomes Judith Belzer, Ken Okiishi, Elle Pérez, and Richard Renaldi, each engaged with varied approaches to painting, photography, and the moving image.
The Department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES), partially housed here in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, cultivates skills in both the practice and the critical study of the visual arts. Its components include photography, filmmaking, animation, video art, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture, as well as film and visual studies, critical theory, and the study of the built environment. Its faculty comprises individuals working and teaching in all of these modes. The department has a strong commitment to fostering dialogue among makers, critics, and theorists.
