109th annual exhibition: Transcendental Arrangements
July 29–September 3, 2023
Miller ICA at Carnegie Mellon University
Purnell Center for the Arts
5000 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Gallery Hours:
July 29-Aug 20: Thurs-Sun 12-6pm
Aug 22-Sept 3: Tues-Sun 12-6pm
In partnership with the Miller ICA, AAP marks our 109th Annual Exhibition with Transcendental Arrangements, an exhibition that focuses on artistic practices that engage with ritual, magical, and supernatural qualities within everyday encounters, serendipitous connections, and ubiquitous symbols in our daily lives.
For the first time, AAP’s annual exhibition will include a curated group of artists invited by the juror, who live and work outside of the region, putting local artists in conversation with national and international artists and a broader global discourse.
The 109th Annual Exhibition, Transcendental Arrangements, was organized and juried by the Director of the Miller ICA, Elizabeth Chodos. The AAP Annual Exhibition is one of the longest-running continuous juried exhibitions in the country.
Image credit: Angie Jennings, Water Weeps in a Vail, 2018.
Exhibiting Artists: Sue Abramson, A.W. Allison, Elijah Burgher, Julia Haft Candell, Jovencio de la Paz, Joshua Challen Ice, Angie Jennings, Ulric Joseph, Eli Kessler, Jessica Labatte, Deanna Mance, Brent Nakamoto, Mikael Owunna, and Paula Wilson.
Elizabeth Chodos
JUROR: ELIZABETH CHODOS
Elizabeth Chodos is the director of the Miller Institute of Contemporary Art, Assistant Professor of Curatorial Studies in the School of Art, and the Public Art Curator at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to her positions with Carnegie Mellon, she served as executive and creative director at Ox-Bow, school of art and artists’ residency. She is the curator of Dara Birnbaum: Journey in 2022; Spirits Roaming on the Earth, the first major monographic survey on Jacolby Satterwhite in 2021; the retrospective, Andrea Zittel: An Institute of Investigative Living in 2019; and the thematic exhibition Paradox: The Body in the Age of AI in 2018.
“Associated Artists of Pittsburgh… and Beyond,” Bill O’Driscoll, WESA Pittsburgh
Photos by Chris Uhren and Provided by the Miller ICA
This exhibition is made possible with major support from The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Fine Foundation, the College of Fine Arts, Regina and Marlin Miller, and individual donors of both Associated Artists and the Miller ICA.
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