PNCA Presents SuperTrash, an Exhibition of Cult Movie Posters
The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) presents SuperTrash, an exhibition of 200 works of cult movie signage from the 1930s through the 1980s. The exhibition, which originated at The Andy Warhol Museum and went to the Anchorage Museum, opens at PNCA in Swigert Commons on September 4 and runs through October 21, 2014.
Curated by Jacques Boyreau, the author of TRASH: The Graphic Genius of Xploitation Movie Posters, SuperTrash features work by artists such as Joe Niem, Drew Struzan, Olivia De Berardinis, Robert Tannenbaum, John Alvin, Rene Ferraci, Jack Kamen, Albert Kallis, Neal Adams, John Solie, Reynold Brown, and Renato Casaro. Boyreau considers this accumulation of signage an alternative portrait of the 20th century.
"SuperTrash is about the powers of contradiction and how the struggle to bond affects the urge to divide," says Boyreau. "We live in a paradise of anxiety, unclear certainties. Our fairy tales are poisonous. In such a situation, beautiful things bring terrible surprises."
Boyreau further develops the ideas of TRASH, on which the exhibition is based, in a new book entitled SUPERTRASH: Hermaphro Chic, Movie Fetish, 21st Century Anxiety, to be published this fall by Fantagraphics Books.
In conjunction with the exhibition, SuperTrash, the Laurelhurst Theater will present a film series running from September 5 through October 17, 2014.
Sept. 5 Akira
Sept. 12 Every Which Way But Loose
Sept. 19 The Omega Man
Sept. 26 Last Tango in Paris
Oct. 3 Streets of Fire
Oct. 10 Temple of Doom
Oct. 17 Gremlins 2
This exhibition is supported by Ninkasi Brewing. But don't get jealous, Seattle, we'll have our fair share of Jacques Boyreau activity coming our way soon!
About Pacific Northwest College of Art
As Oregon's flagship college of art and design since 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art has helped shape Oregon's visual arts landscape for more than a century. PNCA students study with award-winning faculty in small classes. In the last seven years, PNCA has doubled both the student body and full-time faculty, quadrupled its endowment, and added innovative undergraduate and graduate programs. PNCA is now embarking on its boldest venture yet by establishing the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design as an anchor for the College's vision of a new campus home on Portland's North Park Blocks. Focusing on the transformative power of creativity, the capital campaign, Creativity Works Here, was launched in June 2012 with a lead gift from The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation of $5 million. PNCA's new home will be a bustling hub for creativity and entrepreneurship, reflecting the influential role of art and design in our 21st century economy – both in Portland and beyond. For more information: pnca.edu.