Window Dressing: BLUSTER by Paula Goldman
2/26-3/2/2018 • Cerritos College • Fine Arts Building, FA107

BLUSTER by Paula Goldman

Monday, February 26th, 2018 - Friday, March 2nd, 2018

Artist's Reception: Monday, February 26th, 2018 @ 4PM-6PM

Cerritos College Art Gallery is pleased to present a special installation by Paula Goldman in the display window vitrine on the exterior of the Cerritos College Fine Arts building. Part of the Spring 2018 WINDOW DRESSING exhibition, the installation will run for one week only, with a small opening reception on Monday, February 26th from 4PM-6PM.

Paul Goldman’s installation, Bluster, will reference the overwhelming onslaught of current events, while attempting to provide some partial relief by literally ‘blowing the news away.’ On the far left side of the vitrine will be a very large photo of a woman’s face in profile, posed as if she were blowing out candles. Spread across the length of the interior wall will be full-page spreads pulled from current news publications. Brightly colored streamers will be suspended from the ceiling throughout the vitrine and a small fan will be positioned in the left end of the space, aimed at the streamers and blowing in the same direction as the subject in the photograph, creating the illusion that the giant head is sharply exhaling. The wrap-around area of the vitrine will be filled with crumpled newspapers, the accumulated and littered remains of previous attempts to blow away the trauma caused by contemporary media coverage of current events.

The installation will be on display 24/7 during the week, viewable from the east side of the Fine Arts building.

James MacDevitt • [email protected]