Corita (1918-1986 aka Sister Mary Corita and Corita Kent) gained international fame for her vibrant serigraphs during the 1960s and 1970s.  A Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary from 1936, she ran the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles until 1968 when she left her religious community and moved to Boston.  Corita’s art reflects her spirituality, her commitment to social justice, her hope for peace and her fascination with life and the world around her.  Her artistic aesthetic is characterized by the use of popular culture, such as song lyrics, literary sources and advertising slogans as raw material for meaning-filled bursts of text and color produced in limited edition serigraphs.  This exhibition will present work which will illuminate her career and historical impact by presenting a work from every year of her distinguished 34 year career.  Works are being loaned from private collections and art institutions.  A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.  Some serigraphs will be available for collectors.

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PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, October 11, 2008, 7-10 p.m.

Exhibition dates: Monday, October 13, 2008 through Saturday, January 10, 2009
Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 to 3, and 2nd Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

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Illustration (all reproduction rights reserved)
Corita, “enriched bread”, 1965, Serigraph on pellon paper, 29 ¾” x 36 ¼”

Text on serigraph, “enriched bread”, 1965 by Corita, Camus, Wonderbread:

     ENRICHED BREAD
     WONDER

   Great ideas, it has been said, come into the world as gently as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear, amid the uproar of empires and nations, a faint flutter of wings, the gentle stirring of life and hope. Some will say this hope lies in a nation; others in a man. I believe rather that it is awakened, received, nourished by millions of solitary individuals whose deeds and works everyday negate frontiers and the crudest implications of history. As a result, there shines forth fleetingly the ever threatened truth that each and every man, on the foundation of his own sufferings and joys, builds for all. Camus Helps build strong bodies 12 ways STANDARD LARGE LOAF no preservatives added Great ideas, it has been said, come into the world as gently as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear, amid the uproar of empires and nations, a faint flutter of wings, the gentle stirring of life and hope. Some will say this hope lies in a nation; others in a man.
   I believe rather that it is awakened, received, nourished by millions of solitary individuals whose deeds and works everyday negate frontiers and the crudest implications of history. As a result, there shines forth fleetingly the ever threatened truth that each and every man, on the foundation of his own sufferings and joys, builds for all.  Camus

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