6/19: BLIPS AND HICCUPS // new works by VAL MAGARIAN

2011 June 13

by theacreproject

BLIPS AND HICCUPS
new works by VAL MAGARIAN
June 19-20, 2011

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 19, 4-8
Open Hours: Monday, June 20, noon-4

ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th Street

BLIPS AND HICCUPS presents a collection of short hand drawn animations by Val Magarian. Like a hiccup, these animations happen quickly and are relatively inexplicable. We don’t know why we hiccup at a given moment nor how these odd animated story fragments came to be. The mysterious animations are strangely amusing and range in duration from 4 seconds to 1 minute. They are psychologically complex: classic cartoons poking at primitive fears. This will be the first public debut of Ex Wives Sex Lives, Uncle T. and Death in Hell Hole. Original drawn sequences from the animations will also be on view.

VAL MAGARIAN holds an MFA in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Residencies include ACRE residency and the Wassaic project. She has participated in several group exhibitions and a recent solo exhibition at Harold Washington College. Val lives and works in New York as an instructor at the Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, and Free Arts NYC.

More information about Val Magarian can be found at www.valmagarian.com.