Moorpark show info/Press Release

Moorpark show info/Press Release

Ventura County Star Art Scene: http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/oct/30/g31vgoexhibits30/

Press Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information please contact Julie Hughes: jhughes@vcccd.edu / 818.324.8680

October 16, 2008

The Art Gallery at Moorpark College is pleased to present MONSTERS IN THE CLOSET, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Niku Kashef. Kashef’s large-scale photographs are captivating and magical explorations of childhood dreams and memories. The exhibition will open on October 20 and continue through November 15, 2008. A reception for the artist will be held at the gallery on Thursday, October 30, from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The artist will give a talk about herwork at 2:30 p.m., discussing her unique process and content. A question and answer session will follow.

In "The Poetics of Space," Gaston Bachelard writes, " Through dreams, the various dwelling-places in our lives co-penetrate and retain the treasures of former days. And after we are in the new house, when memories of other places we have lived come back to us, we travel to the land of Motionless Childhood..." With her series of work, entitled, "Monsters in the Closet," Niku collects these moments of motionless childhood, through people's retold childhood stories and photographs. An ongoing project, she intends the growing archive of stories to be a vehicle to connect us to one another through the simple (and fantastic) act of sharing a memory.