ANYA GALLACCIO - Moore College of Art and Design

GRADUATE STUDIES | MFA IN STUDIO ART2011/12 STUDIO CONVERSATIONSAnya GallaccioFriday, November 11, 2011, 6:30 pm | Reception to followSTEWART AUDITORIUMAnya Gallaccio lives and works in San Diego. Scottish by birth and trained in GreatBritain, she creates site-specific installations, often using organic and ephemeralmaterials as her medium. Past projects have included arranging a ton of oranges ona floor, placing a thirty-two ton block of ice in a boiler room, and painting a wall withchocolate. The nature of these materials results in natural processes of transformationand decay, often with unpredictable results, relating as much to the history ofperformance as to sculpture and installation.The annual Studio Conversations series, presented by Moore College of Art & Design, feature leadingartists and critics who discuss artistic issues and practice across media and international boundaries.Supporting Moore’s MFA in Studio Art, which includes an international residency and international visitingguest faculty, the conversations are intended to address the emerging globalization and internationalizationof the art world and what this means for artistic practice in the 21st century.Presented in cooperation with The Galleries at Moore and in partnership withThe International Sculpture Center and Sculpture Magazine.Event is FreeandCover: Anya Gallaccio Intensities and Surfaces, 1996, installation at Wapping Power Station, London.Photo courtesy the artist.