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Celebrate the supernatural at Vanderbilt art exhibit

Posted 2/7/2008

Obsessively detailed drawings and animations of zombies, séances and ghosts will darken the halls of the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center this winter, in the form of a dual show by Mark Hosford and Bill Fick.

There will be an opening to celebrate the show from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 at the studio arts center on the Vanderbilt campus, opposite the baseball field.

The event is free and the public is invited. Both artists will attend the opening.

“The works are cartoony in nature,” said Fick, a visiting assistant professor of the practice of visual arts at Duke University. “There’s a lot of dark humor. It’s bold and graphic, but not realistic.”

Fick’s part of the show is titled “Zombies, Hooligans and Skulls: 15 years of Linocuts by Bill Fick.”

Hosford, assistant professor of art at Vanderbilt University, will be showing a recent series of work titled “Ghost Stories.” It includes his drawings and animations of graveyard scenes, a séance, a session on a Ouija board and fantastic ghosts. His work embellishes upon actual accounts and locations that have been surrounded by paranormal phenomena, as well as creating some of his own.

The show will run through March 14 during business hours at the studio arts center.

For more information about Mark Hosford, go to www.sugarboypress.com/.  For more information on Bill Fick, go to www.flyinghorseeditions.com/artists/bill_fick/.

Contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
Jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu

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