Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth
Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth
Mar 17, 2022 to Sep 11, 2022
Location: Don B. Huntley University Art GalleryPress the tab key to view the content. Use the down arrow key to move to the next tab and up arrow key to move to the previous.
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Fauxtopia, The Most Believable Place on Earth!
A Theme Park
There’s a place where the stories are real.
Where you can believe that you can grow up to be anything you want.
Where your senses will gladly work overtime.
Where the world comes to you on a silver platter.
Where history comes back to life.
Where shopping is entertainment.
Where it’s always Here and Now!
Welcome to Fauxtopia,
The Most Believable Place on Earth.
March 17 - September 11
Fauxtopia, The Most Believable Place on Earth | Exhibition
Come check out the Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth at the Don B. Huntley Gallery located on the 4th floor of University Library exhibiting from Thursday, March 17 - Sunday, September 11!
Friday, April 1st, 2-4pm
Fauxtopia, The Most Believable Place on Earth | Guest Curator's Reception
Join us for the Guest Curator's Reception for Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth on Friday, April 1st, 2-4pm at the Don B. Huntley Gallery located on the 4th floor of University Library!
Thursday, April 7th, 4-6pm
Fauxtopia, The Most Believable Place on Earth | Campus Reception
Join us for the Campus Reception for Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth on Thursday, April 7th, 4-6pm at the Don B. Huntley Gallery located on the 4th floor of University Library!
Guest Curator Biography
About Professor Raymond Kampf
Raymond Kampf is firmly lodged between Duchamp and Disney, on a log flume dark ride through the subconscious of 20th century Americana. His tools are puns, surprising juxtapositions, comments on commentary. He knows the quickest way to make a point is through humor, and the sharpest jokes reveal a difficult truth.
His work is mid-century optimism meets early 21st-century sarcasm. He is Mad Men meets Mad Mag. Though sarcastic, ironic, and even angry, his work is hopeful, not pessimistic. Hope points toward a solution, while pessimism rarely admits there may be one. He provokes to make the viewer think. Raymond Kampf pokes you with a stick and runs away laughing.
In Fauxtopia, Ray reveals the sham hucksterism behind the “amusement” park, making the viewer rethink the concept of “rides” through the juxtaposition of historical events with amusement park themes, for example, Triumph of the Will Skyway or Dogma and Pony Show, with its exhortation to Taste Jesus. He imagines life and history as a horror ride, finding politics suspect while exposing the ridiculous and horrible underneath; witness The Red Scare, Jingo Juxebox Jubilee and Colonial Renaissance Re-enactment Festival Faire.
Kampf explores and engages in the wider world. He asks us to look deeper at graphic art, and what we find there is surprising, challenging, sometimes touching. His illustrations are whimsical, funny, silly, urbane. I’m certain you will find a piece, or several, in this show that speaks directly to you. It’s possible it will be pointing at you and laughing.
Brad Griffith
Critic at Large
March 2022
Memorabilia/Artworks Preview
Fauxtopia Memorabilia - Make Scents Restaurant Poster
Fauxtopia Memorabilia - East Elevation Drawings of Story Street
Fauxtopia Memorabilia - Cult of 8 Artwork
Fauxtopia Memorabilia - The Brainwasher ride
Fauxtopia Memorabilia - Tomorrow Belongs to the USA dark ride
Fauxtopia Memorabilia - Fauxllujah Urban Combat Training Center and Escape Rooms
Fauxtopia Memorabilia - The Jingo Jukebox Jubilee show
Fauxtopia Memorabilia - A kid’s placemat from the Making Scents Bistro
Installation View, Entrance of Gallery, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.
Installation View, West Gallery, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.
Installation View, Center-Right Gallery, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.
Installation View, Center-Left Gallery, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.
Below are photos from the opening receptions for Fauxtopia!
Reception Photo, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.
Reception Photo, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.
Reception Photo, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.
Reception Photo, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.
Reception Photo, Treasures of Fauxtopia Artifacts, Memorabilia and Souvenirs from The Most Believable Place on Earth Exhibition, Mar. 17 to Sep. 11, 2022.