“There is another world, but it is in this one,” said Surrealist poet Paul Éluard. In this exhibition, artists look to the future, imagining how we move forward from the tumultuous events of the past year. [read more]
Art in the Plague Year is an online exhibition organized by UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography and curated by Douglas McCulloh, Nikolay Maslov, and Rita Sobreiro Souther. UCR ARTS’s programs are supported by UCR College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the City of Riverside, Altura Credit Union, and Anheuser-Busch.
All works in this exhibition are reproduced with permission of the artists/copyright holders. Works (images, video, audio or other content) must not be used or reproduced for any purposes other than fair use without prior consent of the artists.
(b. 1941, Newport News, VA. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA)
From the series Consumer Research
Sheila Pinkel’s piece makes a concise, three-word statement, but contains a cascade of questions. “Will the capitalist system lead to the destruction of the planet? Is it possible for people to make a difference? Are we willing to change? Can innovative technologies, responsible for the problem, fix it? What will life be like if our consumer culture shifts into another system?” Pinkel’s point is clear: the planet is at stake.
