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Larry Anderson's latest exhibition, "Only Dick, No Jane," opens at SCAD Atlanta

Larry Anderson, Only Dick, No Jane exhibition

Larry Jens Anderson, Learning to Draw, mixed media on paper, 42" x 34", 2000.

Published: Jun 15, 2009

ATLANTA - SCAD foundation studies professor Larry Anderson's latest exhibition, "Only Dick, No Jane," is currently on display at the Trois Gallery of SCAD, 1600 Peachtree St., June 8 - July 13. A reception to celebrate Anderson's work will be held Thursday, June 25, 6-8 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

In this ongoing series, featuring works on paper and canvas, Anderson incorporates the iconic boy from the Dick and Jane readers as a visual paragon for a conventional childhood. Imbued with seemingly innocent imagery of fruit, cowboys and cats, these works represent his affecting and often conflicted experience of growing up gay in America.

Larry Jens Anderson was born and lived his first 18 years in the rural community of Randall, Kan., population 250. A graduate of Wichita State University (B.A.E., 1970) and Georgia State University (M.F.A., 1982), he has been teaching at the college level for 25 years in the United States, Italy and France.

He has exhibited in Germany, Belgium, Japan, France, Italy, Australia, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and throughout the U.S. His work is included in many corporate collections as well as at the High Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta, the Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C., Wichita Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art artist book collection. In addition to his career as an artist/instructor, he has curated 14 exhibitions and was a founding member of the Atlanta artist collective, TABOO, curating, producing events and exhibiting.

Anderson's work has addressed gender, sexual identity, human rights, politics, religion and mortality. Media used include installation, sculpture, painting, drawing, mixed media and video.Anderson has been teaching art at Atlanta colleges for 27 years, and at SCAD-Atlanta for three years.

For more information, visit www.scadexhibitions.com. Media inquiries may be directed to 404.253.3410.




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