Graduate Lecture Series: Lordy Rodriguez: Lie Lines

GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES LORDY RODRIGUEZ: _LIE LINES_ IN THIS TALK, RODRIGUEZ WILL FOCUS ON HIS WORK DEALING WITH MAPS AS A VISUAL LANGUAGE AND A TOOL OF INFORMATION. THROUGH FOCUSING ON TWO BODIES OF WORK THAT STRADDLE THE SPECTRUM OF VISUAL LANGUAGE FROM ABSTRACTION TO PROPAGANDA, THIS TALK INVITES THE QUESTION: HOW MUCH TRUST DO WE PUT INTO MAPS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN GENERAL? LORDY RODRIGUEZ (HAYWARD, CA) OBTAINED HIS B.F.A. DEGREE FROM SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, NEW YORK AND HIS MFA AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY. RECENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE _THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY_, HOSFELT GALLERY NEW YORK, NEW YORK (2011); _SURFACE DEPTHS_, NEVADA ART MUSEUM (2009); _STATES OF AMERICA_, AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART (2009); _OPTIMISM IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL WAR_, 10TH ANNUAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, (2007); _THE CALIFORNIA BIENNIAL_, AND THE ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA (2006). IMAGE: LORDY RODRIGUEZ,_ CITY OF MARCHES, _2018; DYE INFUSED ALUMINUM, 20 X 40 INCHES; COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND HOSFELT GALLERY.