10:17 a.m., March 26, 2009----The UD@Crane Philadelphia satellite exhibition space will present Beyond Matter - Part 2, an exhibition featuring work by University of Delaware master of fine arts degree alumni, from April 9 through May 3 at the Crane Arts Center, 1400 N. American St., Philadelphia.

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Beyond Matter - Part 2 will feature the work of Daniel Fielder, Deborah Kapoor, Frank Lavelle, Jeannie Pearce and Nicholas Schutsky.

The opening will be held from 6-9 p.m., Thursday, April 9. Also opening that day in the Space for Experimental Art on the lower level will be Diverse Paths: Mid-Atlantic MFA Graduate Student Work.

The University's Department of Art is offering free bus service to the event. The bus will leave the Studio Arts building at 5:30 p.m. and return to campus at 10 p.m. To reserve a seat, sent e-mail to Angela Davidson at [angdav@udel.edu] by April 7.

Nora Lawrence, curatorial assistant at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, selected the artists to be exhibited in Beyond Matter, both Part 1, which recently ended, and Part 2. Lawrence reviewed work from a pool of 90 University of Delaware MFA alumni to curate the exhibitions.

Lawrence explained her curatorial process, saying, “The two installations that make up the exhibition Beyond Matter demonstrate the wide variety of artistic techniques that the graduates of the University of Delaware MFA program employ in their careers. While many alumni work in the traditional media of painting, sculpture, and photography -- finding evermore ways to make them fresh -- others have charted new paths with mixed media installations as well as digital and computer art.

“As I worked to separate Beyond Matter into two installations, I found that I was able to roughly divide the reason for my interest in the work of the 11 selected artists into two broad categories. The works in the earlier installation are united in their conceptual focus; the works in this show, by their interest in the beautiful.

“All of the works in the exhibition, of course, do transcend this simple split, appealing to the human desire for intellectual stimulation while also offering an experience of the sublime. But I feel that each installation presents works of art that are complementary; works that can be fruitfully considered in dialogue with one another,” she said.

'Diverse Paths'

Diverse Paths is the result of a productive collaboration between University of Delaware studio art and art history graduate students. Students from both departments worked together to organize, curate, and install the exhibition in an interdisciplinary cooperative effort.

The exhibition showcases the works of current MFA students from Penn State University, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Rutgers University, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, The University of the Arts, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Themes explored address the tension between the interior, subjective dimension and the exterior, larger world. While some works are executed with traditional artist's materials, others incorporate found objects and installation. The techniques and materials employed engage issues of identity and the desire for communication and interactivity.

Featured artists include: Mike Treffehn, Marie Rim, Erin M. Riley, Caitlin Magner, Joseph Lozano, Chris Lawrence, Erica Harney, Caroline Gilpin, Katie Dillon, Paul DeMuro and Jessica Bottalico.

The curators are Jim Zeske, Katsi Ortiz, Jennifer Jones O'Neil, Shushana Muldowney, Claudia Torres Guillemard, Molly Fletcher, Kenny Delio, Meghan Read Constantinou, Cody Bloom and LaTanya S. Autry. Jennifer Jones O'Neil is the director of this exhibition.

UD@Crane

UD@Crane is a two-story, 3,000-square-foot space that presents all practices of visual art, music, and literary and performing arts. UD's establishment of a satellite arts campus at the Crane enhances regional visibility of the visual and performing arts departments.

Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.

For details, see the UD Department of Art Web site.