Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration
June 14 – September 1, 2021
USF Contemporary Art Museum + Online
USFCAM HOURS + ADMISSIONS
Monday-Friday 10am-5pm; Closed Weekends and USF Holidays (July 5) – Reservations required for visits June 14–25. No reservations required starting June 28 when USF lifts COVID restrictions on public access to campus.
Admission to the Museum is free; however, a USF parking permit ($5.00 daily) or pay-per-space parking is required. Please call (813) 974-4133 for questions regarding reservations, parking, directions, or more information on events associated with the exhibitions.
CAM EXHIBITION ONLINE
Exhibition Home // Essay by Sarah Howard // Foreword + Acknowledgements
Rosemarie Chiarlone // Danny Dobrow // Babette Herschberger // Akiko Kotani
Cynthia Mason // Ry McCullough // Casey McDonough // Kodi Thompson
RY McCULLOUGH
Ry McCullough’s practice engages the fields of printmaking, creative writing, drawing, sound, and sculpture to create unique systems that probe the margins and boundaries of how art constructs language and communicates meaning. Inspired by the perfect game Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitcher Sandy Koufax threw against the Chicago Cubs in 1965, Themes for a Left-Handed Pitcher engages compositional fielding of the domestic pitcher and black and white balls in a callback and comparative dialogue between sculptural objects and works on paper. Inviting playful and participatory discovery, the project includes an amplified palindromic sound score and a zine, which are both available to download. Interspersed with abstracted baseball references, the project evokes a change-up between the fabricated and found forms, the known and the unknown. Free downloads of the sound work and digital zine.
Artist's website: ryanmcculloughart.com
Artist's Instagram: @RyMcCulloughstudio
INSTALLATION VIEWS
Ry McCullough, Themes for a Left-Handed Pitcher, 2021: Still Life with Left-Handed Pitcher (04-06), 2021. serigraphy, pochoir, collage, acrylic ink, gouache on paper .19 x 19 in. each. Left-Handed Pitcher Still Life (II), 2021. particle board, acrylic ink, concrete, polymer clay. 25 x 35 x 22 in. Perfect Games (Theme for a Left-Handed Pitcher), 2021. projected sound from single speaker. 9:00 min. (infinite loop). Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Ry McCullough, Themes for a Left-Handed Pitcher, 2021: Left-Handed Pitcher Still Life (II), 2021. particle board, acrylic ink, concrete, polymer clay. 25 x 35 x 22 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Kodi Thompson, Cynthia Mason, Casey McDonough, and Ry McCollough. Photo: Will Lytch.
Ry McCullough, Themes for a Left-Handed Pitcher, 2021: Still Life with Left-Handed Pitcher (07-09), 2021. serigraphy, pochoir, collage, acrylic ink, gouache on paper .19 x 19 in. each. Left-Handed Pitcher Still Life (III), 2021. particle board, acrylic ink, concrete, polymer clay. 25 x 35 x 22 in. Perfect Games (Theme for a Left-Handed Pitcher), 2021. projected sound from single speaker. 9:00 min. (infinite loop). Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Ry McCullough, Themes for a Left-Handed Pitcher, 2021: Still Life with Left-Handed Pitcher (07-09), 2021. serigraphy, pochoir, collage, acrylic ink, gouache on paper .19 x 19 in. each. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Ry McCullough, Themes for a Left-Handed Pitcher, 2021: Left-Handed Pitcher Still Life (III), 2021. particle board, acrylic ink, concrete, polymer clay. 25 x 35 x 22 in. Perfect Games (Theme for a Left-Handed Pitcher), 2021. projected sound from single speaker. 9:00 min. (infinite loop). Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Ry McCullough, Themes for a Left-Handed Pitcher, 2021: Left-Handed Pitcher Still Life (III) (detail), 2021. particle board, acrylic ink, concrete, polymer clay. 25 x 35 x 22 in. Perfect Games (Theme for a Left-Handed Pitcher), 2021. projected sound from single speaker. 9:00 min. (infinite loop). Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
ABOUT RY McCULLOUGH (b. 1979, Dayton, OH)
Ry McCullough has participated in artist residencies and solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. An active participant in zine and print culture, he is the founder of the Standard Action Press Collaborative Zine Project, as well as a founding member of the 24-Hands Printmaking Collective. McCullough is an Assistant Professor of Art and Design at the University of Tampa, Tampa, FL. He received his BFA from Wright State University, Dayton, OH, and his MFA from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. He lives and works in Tampa, FL.
Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration at the USF Contemporary Art Museum is supported by the Gobioff Foundation, the Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation, the Lee and Victor Leavengood Trust, and Dr. Allen Root in honor of his late wife Janet G. Root.
