June 1, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Natalie Mathews
Student Supervisor for Fine Arts
(805) 756-6119
ASI Events Presents Student Paul Barrett's Artwork
In Summer Show in the University Union Gallery
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Associated Students, Inc. (ASI)
Events will display fourth-year Cal Poly art and design student Paul
Barrett's works in a show running June 3 - Oct. 1 in the UU Gallery, located
in the
UU Epicenter. Admission is free and hours are from 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays until
June 11. Beginning June 14, summer hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mondays through Thursdays.
An opening reception for the exhibit, titled "Wearing Shoes with
No Socks in Cold Weather" is
Thursday, June 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be free refreshments,
music and the opportunity to meet the artist and read his short stories.
Barrett's show is a thought-provoking display of 50 small bodies of
text that are accompanied by images. "I am constantly collecting
phrases
from various sources that appeal to me in one way or another - newspaper
headlines, lyrics, bits of overheard conversation," Barrett says.
The idea for this show started when Barrett took 100 phrases that
he had collected and compiled them into a book called, "One Day,
there
won't be Anything Left to Complain About." To add to his book, he
has
drawn pictures that go along with some of his most absurd ramblings and
turned them into an art exhibit.
For more information about Barrett's artwork or the UU Gallery
show, contact Natalie Mathews, student supervisor of UU Gallery, at
756-6119 or uugallery@asi.calpoly.edu.
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