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04.03.04
First Saturday in the Artist Village
In the GCAC Gallery and Project Room and CSUF Main Gallery
Thomas Kinkade - Heaven on Earth, curated by Jeffrey Vallance
April 3 - June 20, 2004 Opening Reception 7-10 PM
An Art Shuttle will be transporting guests to both locations during the reception.
CSUF Grand Central Art Center: 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA
Hours:Tue, Wed, Sun 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. & Thur, Fri, Sat 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery: Visual Arts Center • California State University, Fullerton, 800 North State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA
Hours:12 - 4 p.m. Tuesday – Friday & 12 - 2 p.m. Saturday
Thomas Kinkade, known as the “Painter of Light,” has become one of the most avidly collected, financially successful, and controversial painters in history. His paintings are embraced by thousands of faithful collectors and criticized by others for their idyllic scenes, which romanticize and illuminate a fantasy life on earth.
Jeffrey Vallance, author, performance artist, and curator, joins CSUF Grand Central Art Center as guest curator. Vallance’s multifaceted examination of Thomas Kinkade and the cultural phenomenon encompasses aspects of Kinkade’s Fine Art, Production and Religious work. The GCAC gallery will feature original paintings, reproductions, limited edition collectables, furniture, tapestries, ceramics and much more. GCAC Project Room will feature examples of Kinkade’s celebrated Christian artwork, including originals, prints, and objects like the ceramic Kinkade Nativity Scene. A chapel will be erected in the gallery to resemble a quaint little country church with a chapel facade, church pews, and stained-glass windows. For the exhibition opening, the distinguished Reverend Ethan Acres will present a sermon on Kinkade’s religious work. Located at the CSUF Main Gallery will be a series of recent paintings inspired by Thomas Kinkade’s international travels, limited editions, furnishings and examples of the distinctive Kinkade architecture designs will be shown in blueprints, photos and models.
A lecture series, collector’s round table discussion and other educational presentations will be scheduled throughout the run of this exhibition. Please check out our website at: www.grandcentralartcenter.com for upcoming events and lectures.
Also as part of the exhibition a full-color 168 page catalog has been produced featuring 157 reproduction of artworks, photo documentation of the exhibition with essays and written contributions by guest curator Jeffrey Vallance, art writer Ralph Rugoff, art writer Doug Harvey, Thomas Kinkade, CSUF Main Gallery director, Mike McGee, Reverend Ethan Acres and CSUF Grand Central Art Center director, Andrea Lee Harris.
Admission is free to both venues.
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